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CA Bill Guarantees New ‘Rights’ to Foster Kids, Promotes Abortions, Rape Care, Phone Calls, Texts and Privacy From Adults

July 11, 2019 9:36 amJuly 11, 2019 9:39 am

60 percent of all child sex trafficking victims have histories in the child welfare system A foster care bill currently in the California legislature, guarantees rights to foster children that should raise the hackles of anyone concerned with child...

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Bill to Repeal California Tax Credits = Backdoor Tax Increase

May 29, 2019 2:05 amJune 10, 2019 12:30 pm

The $65.2 billion per year in various California income tax credits, deductions, exemptions, and exclusions, is now being targeted under the guise of “transparency and accountability.” Senate Bill 468 by Sen. Hannah Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara), would not only seek...

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Assembly Passes Bill Giving Local School Districts Power To Deny Funds to Home Schoolers

May 24, 2019 7:54 amMay 24, 2019 8:37 am

Teacher’s unions and local school districts have been pushing hard at the Capitol to target, limit and even eradicate charter schools, claiming that charters are draining resources from traditional public school districts. Traditional public school districts are laboring under crippling...

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California Teachers Union’s ‘Intent to Cripple California’s Charter Schools’

April 12, 2019 2:05 amApril 12, 2019 9:59 am

A powerful liaison of aggressive teacher unions and politicians supported by them have produced a package of bills which threaten to destroy California’s wildly popular and successful charter schools, and the 630,000 school children who benefit from them. And the...

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Teachers File Class Action Lawsuit Against CA Teachers Unions and State Attorney General

March 11, 2019 7:06 pmMarch 13, 2019 6:07 am

Five California teachers have filed a class action lawsuit against the California Teachers Association alleging the union and government officials violated their First Amendment rights by continuing to deduct union dues from their wages over their repeatedly stated objections, and...

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Rushed Charter School Transparency Bill Reduces Ability for Public Scrutiny

February 22, 2019 10:47 amFebruary 23, 2019 5:02 pm

California Charter schools are under intense scrutiny once again while California’s public education system continues its downward slide, ranked 42nd worst in the country by Education Week. California Governor Gavin Newsom, who was strongly supported by the California Teachers Association...