Learn How to Avoid “The California Way” Left Coast visitors to California, beware. When making your next trip, be sure to carry water (but not in a plastic bottle), bring plenty of batteries to keep the lights on (thanks to forecast blackouts from renewable energy mandates), and stay away from bureaucrats who want to ban […]| Pacific Research Institute
Anti-Charter School Bill Would Hurt Most Vulnerable CA Students by Lance Izumi | July 14, 2025 A bill plowing through the State Legislature is using fiscal accountability as a fig-leaf issue to hide its real intentions—crippling California’s popular charter-school sector in order to bolster regular public schools that are seeing declines in both enrollment and […]| Pacific Research Institute
Celebrating our independence will average $7.35 per meal in the West versus $6.98 per plate for the next most expensive region in the country.| Pacific Research Institute
The Senate voted 51-44 vote to revoke an EPA waiver that allowed CA to set emission standards stricter than those set by DC.| Pacific Research Institute
SB 237 is a signal that more politicians in Sacramento may be beginning to recognize the causal link between high gas prices and policies such as the state’s low carbon fuel mandates, cap and trade regulations, and high excise taxes.| Pacific Research Institute
The wave of teacher strikes across the country, with their focus on killing education reforms such as charter schools, have focused attention on the ideology of teachers. Many Americans are now asking: “Why are teachers so liberal?” Tom Rademacher, a Minnesota teacher of the year who writes for the Education Post, says that teachers “are […]| Pacific Research Institute