California Policy Center

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[Jon Fleischman @FlashReport]

So, Does It Matter, LIVE! The REPLAY - Election Night Results Review Edition! Did you miss out? Watch it now. I am joined by Lance Christiansen (@lancelands) and Matt Klink (@mattklink) and we run down statewide and local races, and key taxpayer victories!

Link in first comment below!

[Jon Fleischman @FlashReport]

Mark your calendars! 1030am Wednesday (Live!), we'll be having a live post-election-day panel discussion! You don't want to miss this! So Does It Matter dot com!
@lancelands @Susan_Shelley @mattklink @HJTA @CalPolicyCenter

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

"Waging War on Charter Schools: A History of Teachers Unions' Anti-Charter Campaign in California" from the @CalPolicyCenter:
https://t.co/wq5zzZvXHP

[California Post Opinion @capostopinion]

Gavin Newsom's broken promises on health care - coming to a tax hike near you https://t.co/sZEQRbIYgm

[Will Swaim @WillSwaim]

It's not only the gubernatorial sack-race where "Trump" has become the excuse to ignore California's dumbest-in-the-nation policies. @CalPolicyCenter @MuniFinanceGuy @TheRadioFreeCA

"When City Councils Play Secretary of State" https://t.co/I8S1sguCHD

[Will Swaim @WillSwaim]

“L.A.’s healthcare power players are pushing a familiar playbook: cry ‘crisis,’ spook voters, and push through a new half-cent sales tax to keep the cash flowing.”

Sales tax hike to cover Newsom's broken health care promises https://t.co/U17MpFiOG8

[California Policy Center @CalPolicyCenter]

"Hollywood mega-merger could add 40k jobs and save film industry: report” @nypost coverage of our new economic study. https://t.co/xKwu35FBUv

[National Review @NRO]

RADIO FREE CALIFORNIA: Newsom says his delivery of free diapers is another win for affordability — “a first-in-the-nation program” to deliver the things new parents need most. | @WillSwaim & @DavidBahnsen

https://t.co/eajpr5PBvz

[California Policy Center @CalPolicyCenter]

A new CPC study argues Hollywood doesn’t need another bailout—it needs investors risking private capital on movies audiences actually want to watch. A potential Paramount–Warner Bros. merger could be a game changer—creating ~40,000 jobs & a major boost for local economies
https://t.co/lh2FnGbljB

[OC Register Opinion @ocropinion]

Opinion: Will Swaim: Why the Paramount-Skydance deal is good for California {og:title} {article:title}

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

🚨Attention California legislators:
AB 1383 Would Gut PEPRA and Worsen California’s Pension Crisis
#caleg #cabudget
https://t.co/MevL1Ov1NX

[OC Register Opinion @ocropinion]

Opinion: Will Swaim: As state burns cash, Tom Umberg is fiddling in Orange County https://t.co/qExSJ11tXf

[Emily Rae @EmilyRaeCJC]

Chino Valley Unified has filed a motion to dissolve the injunction blocking its original parental notification policy following the SCOTUS ruling in Mirabelli v. Bonta.

“The precedent is now set, the fight is over, and it’s time to lift that injunction once and for all.” — @realSonjaShaw

https://t.co/pQyrHay6j2

[OC Register Opinion @ocropinion]

Opinion: The drought is over, but will state policies reflect the new reality? https://t.co/8sU42jNNBm

[Marc Joffe @marcjoffe]

Thanks to Advocates 4 Self Govt for picking up my piece "California on the Cusp"--my most important commentary this year.

2026 is a make or break year for CA. Will we continue to be the place where the future is made or will we fade into irrelevance?

https://t.co/Ps7Z4ep0WC

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

My friend & @CalPolicyCenter colleague, @edring, wrote a great piece in the @wsj on the challenges of California's Luddite water policy.

https://t.co/PV1ufx9QeY

[Marc Joffe @marcjoffe]

SEIU's support for the so-called Overpaid CEO Tax is a case of both double crossing and double dipping.

Other SF stakeholders who thought they had a deal on business taxes in 2024.

And they're also seeking the state level wealth tax to fund Medi-Cal.

https://t.co/fJA2lPrETo

[Wall Street Journal Opinion @WSJopinion]

Water, Water Everywhere—Except in California’s Reservoirs: A winter respite from drought was all too brief. Dredging would solve the problem in the long term, writes Edward Ring
https://t.co/03y89DAGaj

[Lance Christensen @lancelands]

I joined my friend & @CalPolicyCenter colleague, @WillSwaim on @TheRadioFreeCA to discuss the costs of the recent LAUSD union extortion effort to pull dollars out of a dead district.

@EmilyRaeCJC joins after to talk about the brave @RocklinUnified school board appealing their case of parental rights to the US Supreme Court.

Enjoy!

https://t.co/z2De4O1F2K

[Will Swaim @WillSwaim]

State Sen. @TomUmbergCA is absolutely right to want to "follow the money": The teacher unions that have bankrolled his campaigns for state legislature have now pushed him into a fight he clearly does not want and knows he will not win. He won't – cannot – follow that money.

Tom Umberg: Follow the money, not the distraction https://t.co/kPIUdwncDN