Dawn Collier · [email protected]

July 30, 2026 at 5:20 PM

How Do We Change California? | Swaim & Reese on Building a Movement That Wins

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** How Do We Change California? | CPC's Will Swaim & Jackson Reese on Building a Movement That Wins ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, What will it take to create lasting change in California? That'…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

July 24, 2026 at 7:24 PM

Marc Joffe: Los Angeles Unified’s self-inflicted financial crisis

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, With the start of the school year fast approaching, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is facing a financial reckoning. As the Los Angeles Times reports ([link removed]) , the district must meet "an Aug. 7 deadline to rewrite…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

July 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM

Jon Fleischman: How Public Employee Unions Built California's Most Powerful Political Machine

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, This week, we're pleased to share a special feature by California political strategist Jon Fleischman. Jon takes readers inside the rise of public employee unions as California's dominant political force and examines the influence the…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

July 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM

Ninth Circuit Hears CPC’s First Amendment Challenge to SB 399

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Ninth Circuit Hears CPC’s First Amendment Challenge to SB 399 ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard oral arguments in California Policy …

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

July 2, 2026 at 11:44 PM

Will Swaim: California's Forgotten 1776 Story

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, As Americans celebrate Independence Day this weekend, we remember the Declaration of Independence and the birth of our nation. But in that same miracle year of 1776, another important chapter of our history was unfolding in California. …

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

June 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM

Will Swaim: America's 250th and the Fight for Liberty in California

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, Continuing our reflections on America's 250th anniversary, CPC CEO Will Swaim revisits the Declaration of Independence's famous list of grievances and argues that, 250 years later, “Californians can relate.” Read on as he examines Calif…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

June 18, 2026 at 8:58 PM

Subsidizing the Visible Hand: California's Departure from 1776

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, As America prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we've asked California Policy Center's experts to reflect on the principles that made our nation prosperous, free, and exceptional — and why defending them remains essential to Cal…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

June 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM

How Government Unions Power California's Election Machine

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** How Government Unions Power California's Election Machine ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California’s primary election has once again reminded us who holds the strongest hand in state politics. I…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

June 5, 2026 at 8:27 PM

The Status Quo Takes a Beating in California

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** The Status Quo Takes a Beating in California ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California may still be a blue state, but this week's election results suggest voters remain more independent-minded than…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

May 28, 2026 at 8:04 PM

Newsom’s Broken Health Care Promises, LA’s Tax Hike

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Marc Joffe: Gavin Newsom’s broken promises on health care — coming to a tax hike near you ------------------------------------------------------------ A coalition of special interests will ask LA County voters to raise the sales tax half a…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

May 22, 2026 at 10:23 PM

SEIU-UHW is loading up the November ballot

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** SEIU-UHW is loading up the November ballot ------------------------------------------------------------ As California voters mail back their primary ballots ahead of the June 2 deadline, it’s not too early to start investigating the crowded …

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

May 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM

Will Swaim: Why the Paramount-Skydance deal is good for California

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Will Swaim: Why the Paramount-Skydance deal is good for California ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, By now, almost every Californian with eyeballs and a memory of the recent past can tell you the sto…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

May 8, 2026 at 6:48 PM

Will Swaim: As state burns cash, Tom Umberg is fiddling in Orange County

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** As state burns cash, Tom Umberg is fiddling in Orange County ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, The Legislative Analyst’s Office is out with a smashing revelation: the spendthrift state legislature and…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

May 1, 2026 at 9:02 PM

AB 1383 Would Gut PEPRA and Worsen California’s Pension Crisis

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** AB 1383 Would Gut PEPRA and Worsen California’s Pension Crisis ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, A bill quietly moving through the Legislature would gut California’s 2013 pension reforms and plunge …

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

April 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM

Water, Water Everywhere — Yet California Still Comes Up Short

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Water, Water Everywhere — Yet California Still Comes Up Short ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, After a wet winter, California water officials once again captured only a small share of the abundant …

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

April 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM

Rocklin Unified Takes Parental Notification Fight to U.S. Supreme Court

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Rocklin Unified Takes Parental Notification Fight to U.S. Supreme Court ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Rocklin Unified School District (RUSD) filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S.…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

April 10, 2026 at 5:07 PM

How Government "Free Money" Fuels a Culture of Abuse and Fraud

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, With billions in fraud and abuse in government programs making headlines week after week, the scale of the problem is now undeniable. This week, CPC Senior Fellow Mark Moses takes a step back from the mounting scandals to examine the de…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

April 2, 2026 at 6:35 PM

California on the Cusp: Lessons from New York and Massachusetts

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** California on the Cusp: Lessons from New York and Massachusetts ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California voters will decide this year whether the state will remain the global center of technolog…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

March 27, 2026 at 6:37 PM

Parents Not Partisans Summit Brings Together Leaders Driving Education Reform in California

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Parents Not Partisans Summit Brings Together Leaders Driving Education Reform in California ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California Policy Center’s 2026 Parents Not Partisans Summit convened this…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

March 19, 2026 at 9:03 PM

LAUSD is broke, and the union knows it

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** LAUSD is broke, and the union knows it ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, After Los Angeles Unified delivered 3,200 pink slips ([link removed]) to teachers and employees last month, the United Teacher…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

March 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM

Will Swaim Joins Mike Rowe's Podcast: Is California a Warning for the Rest of the Country?

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) [link removed] ** Is California a Warning for the Rest of the Country? ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, CPC CEO Will Swaim joined Mike Rowe on The Way I Heard It podcast, and this is one conversation y…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

March 6, 2026 at 8:57 PM

Supreme Court Delivers Major Win for California Parents in Mirabelli Case

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Supreme Court delivers major win for California parents in Mirabelli case ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, The U.S. Supreme Court this week delivered a decisive win for California parents and parenta…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

February 27, 2026 at 9:06 PM

Bonta Sues to Keep Parents in the Dark

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, It’s been an amazing week in California news, both for what’s in it as well as what’s not. The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday ([link removed]) that sex-assault claims are so widespread in Los Angeles Unified schools that board mem…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

February 19, 2026 at 9:04 PM

The $921M Special Interest Machine That Controls California

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) Dear John, This week, we’re pleased to share a compelling piece by Garry Tan, President and CEO of Y Combinator and founder of GarrysList.org, examining the entrenched political power that public-sector unions wield in California politics. Drawi…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM

Can California’s Oil Industry Survive?

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Can California’s Oil Industry Survive? ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Even confirmed skeptics should be impressed at the rapid improvement in the price and performance of electric vehicles (EVs). A…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

January 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM

CPC Study Finds U.S. Drought Monitor Has Overstated Drought Conditions in California for 25 Years

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Study Finds U.S. Drought Monitor Has Overstated Drought Conditions in California for 25 Years ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, For 25 years, the U.S. Drought Monitor has significantly exaggerated dro…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

January 23, 2026 at 11:02 PM

Newsom’s Education Legacy: Rising Costs, Declining Performance

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Newsom’s Education Legacy: Rising Costs, Declining Performance ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Earlier this month, Governor Gavin Newsom submitted his proposed 2026-27 budget ([link removed]) to t…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

January 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM

Newsom Has His Own Massive State Fraud Problem

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Newsom Has His Own Massive State Fraud Problem ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Tim Walz perp-walked himself out of the Minnesota governor’s race last week, beset by evidence that fraudsters have p…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

January 9, 2026 at 9:41 PM

What to Do with California’s Billionaire Tax Proceeds

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** What to Do with California’s Billionaire Tax Proceeds ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, SEIU is pushing a so-called one-time wealth tax on California’s billionaires, pitched as a temporary fix for fed…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

December 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM

Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Parental Exclusion Policies in California Schools

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Federal Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Against Parental Exclusion Policies in California Schools ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, In a landmark victory for parental rights ([link removed]) , a f…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

December 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM

Registration is Open for CPC's Parents Not Partisans Summit 2026!

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) [link removed] ** Register Today for CPC’s ------------------------------------------------------------ ** Parents Not Partisans Summit ------------------------------------------------------------ ** March 24-25, 2026 --------------…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

December 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM

California Governments Take In $828 Billion—But Still Owe $1.37 Trillion

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** California Governments Take In $828 Billion—But Still Owe $1.37 Trillion, New CPC Study Finds ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, A new study released by California Policy Center reveals that Californ…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

December 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM

Is California overinvesting in higher education?

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Is California overinvesting in higher education? ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, When demand for their product or service declines, private organizations react by downsizing or closing. But public…

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  Will Swaim | California Policy Center · [email protected]

December 2, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Re: Arbitrary Deadlines #GivingTuesday

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) [link removed] Dear John, If we listened to the fundraising consultants -- we'd slap an arbitrary deadline and fundraising goal on this #GivingTuesday email and tell you if we don't meet it by midnight, all hope is lost. But that's not true an…

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  Will Swaim | California Policy Center · [email protected]

December 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM

2026 Highlights & Giving Tuesday

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) [link removed] Dear John, Happy #GivingTuesday ([link removed]) ! If you read this newsletter, you are already in the movement to restore sanity to a state that often seems allergic to it. That pursuit of principled, grounded governance was…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM

CPC board promotes Will Swaim to CEO, Jackson Reese to President

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** CPC board promotes Will Swaim to CEO, Jackson Reese to President ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, The California Policy Center is pleased to announce that Will Swaim has been named Chief Executive Of…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

November 14, 2025 at 10:23 PM

The Pol Who Wants to Replace Nancy Pelosi

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** The Pol Who Wants to Replace Nancy Pelosi ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Millions of Americans who have cultivated their hatred of Nancy Pelosi for decades may soon find they actually miss her. T…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM

Prop 50: Newsom's $300 Million Heist

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Prop 50: Newsom’s $300 Million Heist ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Gov. Gavin Newsom just pulled off a political heist in broad daylight — and California Republican and independent voters are fe…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

October 31, 2025 at 8:48 PM

CA Union Goes to the Ballot to Shakedown Billionaires

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** California Union Goes to the Ballot to Shakedown Billionaires ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, SEIU (the Service Employees International Union) is at it again. After failing three times to use Califo…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

October 24, 2025 at 8:50 PM

Judge Certifies Class Action for Parents and Teachers in Lawsuit Challenging California's Gender Secrecy Rules

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Judge Certifies Class Action for Parents and Teachers in Lawsuit Challenging California's Gender Secrecy Rules ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, A federal judge has certified a landmark class action…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

October 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM

The Good, the Bad, and the Do-Nothing Bills Signed by Gov. Newsom

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** The Good, the Bad, and the Do-Nothing Bills Signed by Gov. Newsom ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Gov. Gavin Newsom has been busy signing bills and courting headlines. Amid the flood of legislatio…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

October 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM

The Folly of Newsom’s Redistricting Plans

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** The Folly of Newsom’s Redistricting Plans ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, “Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity” may very well be the epitaph of Gavin Newsom’s ([link removed]) p…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

October 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM

California Teachers’ Union Ruins an Earnest Effort to Confront Antisemitism

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** California Teachers’ Union Ruins an Earnest Effort to Confront Antisemitism ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California has a problem with antisemitism in its public schools, but the proposed remedy …

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

September 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM

Gavin Newsom: California's Censor

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Gavin Newsom: California's Censor ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Any Governor Gavin Newsom appearance ought to come labeled with one of California’s infamous Prop 65 warning labels. Like many pol…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

September 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM

The Reading Crisis: Why Illiteracy Threatens California’s Future

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** The Reading Crisis: Why Illiteracy Threatens California’s Future ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results for Grade 12 reading ([link remov…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

September 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM

Charlie Kirk’s Legacy: The Contest of Ideas

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Charlie Kirk’s Legacy: The Contest of Ideas ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Charlie Kirk was murdered Wednesday in front of thousands of Utah Valley University students who had come to hear him, c…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

September 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM

$10 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies Prop Up California Transit

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** $10 Billion in Taxpayer Subsidies Prop Up California Transit ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California’s public transit systems are running deep in the red — and taxpayers are picking up the tab.…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

August 29, 2025 at 9:20 PM

The Fiscal Catastrophe Facing CA Schools and Taxpayers

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** The fiscal catastrophe facing California schools and taxpayers ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California’s school districts, counties and cities are fiscally strapped. And the public employee uni…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

August 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM

Gaslighter-in-Chief: Newsom’s Redistricting Power Grab

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Gaslighter-in-Chief: Newsom’s Redistricting Power Grab ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, California voters will have the final say on November 4th over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest power grab: a constit…

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  Dawn Collier · [email protected]

August 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM

Don’t let Sacramento hide the truth about new taxes

View this email in your browser ([link removed]) ** Don’t let Sacramento hide the truth about new taxes ------------------------------------------------------------ Dear John, Imagine you’re looking at your ballot and you see a measure titled something like: “Better Roads and Schools – See…

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