This week’s CPC roundup: Big news from CPC’s CLEO project, Parent Union hosts its seventh annual School Choice Fair in Orange County, and more tech companies and Hollywood headliners join the California Exodus.
CPC partners with Pepperdine University on a new course for local elected officials
It’s not easy being a local elected official in California when you are committed to the principles of financial sustainability and personal liberty. That’s why CPC launched CLEO (California Local Elected Officials), a membership organization that educates and supports local officials who stand for government transparency and against powerful special interests and public unions that apply constant pressure to increase taxes and regulations.
Now, CPC is expanding our efforts by partnering with Pepperdine University to launch a certificate course for local elected officials and candidates for local office. The self-paced, graduate-level course will provide training from a limited government perspective and focus on basic governing principles, public-finance literacy, communications strategies, and how to effectively approach challenging political and public policy issues. Graduates will develop the tools to create deep and meaningful change in their cities, counties and school districts.
CPC is developing the curriculum in collaboration with Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy, under the leadership of Dean Pete Peterson, with the goal of using the school’s decades of experience in local government engagement policy to create the unique seminar-style course. Initial training modules are expected to be completed in early February with additional curriculum available in the coming months. The certificate program will, of course, be accessible to any CLEO member at no charge
We will keep you posted as this exciting project progresses.
CPC’s Parent Union hosts 7th annual School Choice Fair at the Santa Ana Zoo this Saturday
It’s National School Choice Week and, as part of the celebration, CPC’s Parent Union is hosting its seventh annual School Choice Fair tomorrow, Saturday, January 29, at the Santa Ana Zoo in Orange County from 12:00-3:00pm.
Speakers will include former California Senator Gloria Romero; Larry Sand, president of the California Teachers Empowerment Network; Lance Izumi, senior director of the Center of Education at the Pacific Research Institute; and Mari Barke, president of the Orange County Board of Education and Director of CPC’s CLEO project.
K-12 education experts will host more than a dozen information booths at this year’s fair, giving families the opportunity to explore learning options and ask questions. The fair will feature face painting, a photo booth, raffle prizes and a DJ. Student groups will also showcase dance and talent performances, and parents will give testimonials on the impact of school choice on their family.
“School choice is about giving California parents access to the best K-12 education options for their children,” explains Parent Union founder Cecilia “Ceci” Iglesias. “This school choice fair will allow parents and students to hear from school districts, public charter schools, homeschool organizations and more.”
Don’t miss this great event!
The California Exodus continues
They can’t leave fast enough …
We’re only a few weeks into the new year and California has already lost a massive Intel chip factory to Ohio and electric vehicle charging tech company Noodoe EV to Texas. Earlier this month, American Technology Network (ATN) Corp., a tech optic industry leader, said it would relocate to a new Florida headquarters. ATN explained the move was necessary because of the company’s rapid expansion and that “California is no longer a state in which this growth can continue.”
Even Hollywood is packing up for greener pastures. In a story on why “Hollywood big shots” are “fleeing L.A.,” Ryan Kavanaugh, founder and CEO of the video-sharing app Triller, said “the main reason he’s ready to leave is his increasing disillusionment with L.A.’s rising crime, homelessness and what he considers California’s anti-business policies that are driving him away from the place he has called home for 47 years.”
“It’s not the pandemic, it’s policy,” Kavanaugh said.
California lawmakers take note: when tech companies and Hollywood heavyweights are leaving your state en masse, you might want to take a long, hard look in the mirror.
At CPC, we’re keeping track as the number of high-profile individuals and businesses moving out of California continues to climb. Be sure to check out our California Book of Exoduses for the latest tally, now surpassing 150 big names and businesses leaving the Golden State in the dust.
“Maybe Hollywood Part II will be right here in Texas,” Paul Chabot, owner of Conservative Move that facilitates moves from blue states to red states.
More from CPC
Sacramento’s mythical budget surplus: CPC president Will Swaim explains why “We’re spending our children’s inheritance” is now the official policy of the state of California.
National Review’s Radio Free California Podcast: Intel Outside - Will Swaim and CPC board member David Bahnsen talk about Intel’s decision to launch a new “Silicon Heartland” in Ohio and State Senator Wiener’s bill to let kids get vaccinated without parental consent.
