Several of you have asked our opinion of efforts to create new political parties in California. The principal value of a political party in California is the ability to coordinate independent expenditures with candidates who are members of that party. A new party would provide willing legislators* and candidates with that value, which can be significant. Though parties are not panaceas (as I describe in a draft essay here) and we are not involved in any such efforts, our objectives would be furthered if legislators and candidates had more party options from which to choose.
*Presently there is one unaffiliated legislator (Chad Mayes, of whom the GFC Network has been a major supporter). A new party he was willing to join could provide him and others like him with significant value.
