In 2019, my family packed our belongings and left California, the state we had called home for most of our lives. Why? Well, high taxes were part of the equation. But more than anything, we left to protect our then 10-year-old daughter from a system that no longer made sense— or felt safe.

One moment crystallized it: sitting in the pediatrician’s waiting room, we learned that once our daughter turned 12, we would no longer have access to her medical records without her consent.

That’s not parental empowerment. That’s state intrusion — and it was just the beginning.

California’s unraveling isn’t just about affordability or policy overreach. It is also about a government that has deprioritized the safety, dignity, and wellbeing of children in favor of a progressive-left agenda.

Take Assembly Bill 90, which requires community colleges and state universities to create overnight parking programs for the 4.2 percent of homeless students in their systems.

On the surface, it sounds compassionate. In reality, it is a stark admission of policy failure.

In 2016, California adopted the federal "Housing First" model, which promises permanent housing units — without preconditions — to all struggling with........

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