A Note From CPC's President

John,

Our Thanksgiving was a bittersweet reminder — lovely and a little painful — about why I fight for California.

Unable to build the lives of their dreams in California, each of our children — good, bright, hardworking, self-sufficient young adults — has left California to pursue their dreams in other places. The cost of buying a house, of subsidizing a state that cares more about the “global climate” than the business climate, the challenge of finding schools that actually educate children … these had become demanding and all-consuming problems. 

People talk about “leaving a legacy,” but for many of us our legacy is leaving — our children, outfitted with U-Hauls, heading eastward to states that offer more promise than California.

This is why we fight.

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