Californians Aware

Filed in: C
Californians Aware is a nonprofit organization established to help journalists and others keep Californians aware of what they need to know to hold government and other powerful institutions accountable for their actions. Its mission is to support and defend open government, an enquiring press and a citizenry free to exchange facts and opinions on public issues. Californians Aware is a center for information, guidance and initiatives in public forum law.

Capo for Better Representation

Filed in: C
Capo for Better Representation was the recipient committee (legally required fund-raising vehicle) formed by the committee of grassroots volunteers who became known as the CUSD Recall Committee. The formation documents for Capo for Better Representation were filed by the Committee's former chairman in April 2005. Read More...

Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita

Filed in: C
Citizens for a Safe Rancho Santa Margarita (“CSRSM”) is a volunteer, grassroots, citizen action group designed to work independently of local government to ensure that the original vision of the planned community of Rancho Santa Margarita remains a reality.  Since its formation in 1997, CSRSM has demonstrated a keen ability to educate, organize and galvanize local residents.  The organization has been at the forefront of many of the most significant land use issues that have arisen in Rancho Santa Margarita. Read More...

Culbertson, Adams & Associates

Filed in: C

CUSD Recall Committee

Filed in: C
The CUSD Recall Committee is the organization that has led the multi-year effort to raise public awareness about the widespread government corruption and serious financial mismanagement within the leadership of the Capistrano Unified School District. Read More...

Education Alliance

Filed in: E
The Education Alliance was formed in 1994, and operated as a political action committee supporting candidates who support local control of our schools, the rights of parents to make educational choice for their children, and an emphasis on basic, academic instruction. Read More...

The Election Center

Filed in: E
The Election Center is a non-profit 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization under the regulations of the Internal Revenue Service. The Election Center’s purpose is to promote, preserve, and improve democracy.  The Center is also known as the National Association of Election Officials. Read More...

Leadership Associates

Filed in: L
This Mission Viejo-based firm was hired by the Capistrano Unified School District trustees to find a permanent replacement for interim superintendent Charles McCully before the end of the 2006-2007 school year. McCully had led the district since August 2006, when James Fleming retired as superintendent.

League of Women Voters

Filed in: L

Montano Plumbing

Filed in: M

Neighborhood Schools For Our Kids

Filed in: N
Neighborhood Schools For Our Kids, a coalition of parents and taxpayers in the district, led by San Clemente father and business lawyer, Michael Winsten and represented by Pacific Legal Foundation in Neighborhood Schools For Our Kids vs. CUSD. The suit asked a state Superior Court to prohibit the school district from using race to determine where students will attend middle and high school. The suit was settled on November 27, 2006. CUSD eliminated a policy for drawing school boundaries that took race into consideration. Under the settlement, the trustees changed the boundaries slightly and agreed not to use race in determining where students will go to school.

Pacific Justice Institute

Filed in: P
Pacific Justice Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) legal defense organization specializing in the defense of religious freedom, parental rights, and other civil liberties. Pacific Justice Institute works diligently, without charge, to provide their clients with all the legal support they need. "Through our dedicated attorneys and supporters, we defend the rights of countless individuals, families and churches...without charge." Pacific Justice Institute's strategy is to coordinate and oversee large numbers of concurrent court actions through a network of over 1,000 affiliate attorneys nationwide. And, according to former United States Attorney General Edwin Meese, “The Institute fills a critical need on the West Coast for those whose civil liberties are threatened.”

Pacific Legal Foundation

Filed in: P
Pacific Legal Foundation is a Sacramento-based nonprofit, public interest legal organization that litigates nationwide in defense of individual and economic freedoms, and limited government. PLF has opposed race and gender preferences, quotas, and set-asides in government employment, education, and contracting for over three decades.

Parent Teacher Association

Filed in: P

Rutan & Tucker

Filed in: R

Santa Margarita Landscape and Recreation Corporation

Filed in: S
Santa Margarita Landscape and Recreation Corporation (SAMLARC) is a California non-profit and mutual benefit corporation that owns Arroyo Vista Park, the private community park adjacent to Arroyo Vista School in the planned community of Rancho Santa Margarita. Read More...

Twining Labs

Filed in: T
Twining Laboratories was the employer of former CUSD Trustee John Casabianca, while he served as a Fleming-era trustee on the CUSD Board of Trustees. Twining became the subject of controversy in connection with contracts between Twining Labs and CUSD approved while Casabianca sat on the CUSD Board. Read More...