California Local Elected Officials: Protect the Independence of Local Governments

By California Policy Center
07/18/2023
Sign the Letter of Opposition to SCA 7 California’s powerful union leaders are at it again. State lawmakers are backing a bill that would give the state’s public-sector unions veto power over any state or local government decision in California. That’s why California Policy Center (CPC) is asking local elected officials among California’s 58 counties...

TAGS: California government unions, California public sector unions, California teachers unions, government employee unions, National Review

Listen: A bridge too Ferrer

By Editorial Staff
07/22/2021
Latest episode of the Radio Free California podcast is out! In this week’s episode of National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast, CPC’s Will Swaim and David Bahnsen discuss the resurgence of mask mandates, brought to you by Los Angeles County Director of Public Health, Dr. Barbara Ferrer. And, with Governor Gavin Newsom’s recall election in...

TAGS: David Bahnsen, Gavin Newsom, National Review, Radio Free California, Radio Free California Podcast, Will Swaim

Listen: A cruel summer

By Editorial Staff
07/15/2021
Latest episode of the Radio Free California podcast is out! In this week’s episode of National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast, CPC’s Will Swaim and David Bahnsen discuss the quintessential California summer: water shortages, electricity blackouts, and wildfires. Throw in the return of COVID-19 and the restrictions that come with it and we’re in for...

TAGS: CalPERS, David Bahnsen, Eric Garcetti, Gavin Newsom, National Review, Podcast, Radio Free California, Radio Free California Podcast, Will Swaim

Listen: Does weed make you conservative?

By Editorial Staff
06/24/2021
New episode of the Radio Free California podcast is out! In this week’s episode of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast, California Policy Center’s Will Swaim and David Bahnsen talk about one of the most quintessential California topics: Weed. Though his experiment to legalize the drug seems to be failing (the pot industry blames government),...

TAGS: David Bahnsen, Gavin Newsom, National Review, Podcast, racism, Radio Free California, Radio Free California Podcast, Will Swaim

Listen: Analyzing deeply California’s superficiality

By Editorial Staff
06/18/2021
A new episode of the Radio Free California podcast is out! The latest episode of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast is out, featuring CPC’s Will Swaim and David Bahnsen. In this week’s episode, they discuss Governor Gavin Newsom’s game-show theatrics aimed at increasing vaccination rates across the state, Joe Biden’s weird affection for California’s...

TAGS: "bullet train", David Bahnsen, economy, Gavin Newsom, Joe Biden, National Review, Podcast, Radio Free California, Scott Wiener, Will Swaim

Listen: Radio Free California

By Will Swaim
05/28/2021
New episode of the Radio Free California Podcast is out! California Policy Center’s own Will Swaim and David Bahnsen are at it again with their latest episode of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast. In this week’s episode, they discuss a barnyard metaphor used by a Santa Clara County official to describe the tawdry relationship...

TAGS: David Bahnsen, Kevin Kiley, Lorena Gonzalez, National Review, Podcast, Radio Free California, Unions, United Teachers Los Angeles, UTLA, Will Swaim