Californians for Population Stabilization

Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) is a non-profit California organization founded in 1986 which works to "preserve California's future through the stabilization of our state's human population". CAPS was the former Californian branch of the Zero Population Growth (ZPG) organization.[2]

Californians for Population Stabilization, Inc.
AbbreviationCAPS
FormationMarch 12, 1979 (1979-03-12)
94-2581509
Registration no.C0912758 (California)
Websitewww.capsweb.org
Formerly called
Zero Population Growth - California, Incorporated[1]

Overview

Its aim is to help advance state policies and programs designed to stabilize the population at a level which they feel "will preserve a good quality of life for all Californians".[3] It asserts that the current growth of population is "unsustainable" and contributes to a growing strain on the environment and infrastructure.

Immigration

CAPS supports immigration reduction. In 1993, CAPS filed a lawsuit against Hewlett Packard alleging that HP was violating California labor laws and paid residents of India who came to the U.S. below-market wages as contract programmers. The lawsuit was first publicized on CBS's "60 Minutes". CAPS claimed that such wage practices would drive down wages for U.S. workers.[4] CAPS ultimately lost the lawsuit.[5]

Notes
  1. Name change, March 5, 1986, California Secretary of State.
  2. Coates, A. Peter (2006). American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land. Univ. of Calif. Press. p. 237.
  3. CAPS website
  4. Computerworld, October 11, 1993 p. 110
  5. Californians for Population Stabilization v. Hewlett Packard Company (Court of Appeal, Sixth District, California 1997).Text
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