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 Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

". CAPS was the former Californian branch of the

Zero Population Growth Zero population growth, sometimes abbreviated ZPG, is a condition of demographic balance where the number of people in a specified population neither grows nor declines; that is, the number of births plus in-migrants equals the number of death ...

(ZPG) organization.

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 Quality of life (QOL) is defined by the World Health Organization as "an individual's perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards ...

for all Californians".CAPS website
/ref> 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 Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, has become a significant political ideology in many countries. In the modern sense, immigration refers to the entry of people from one state or territory into another state or territory ...

. In 1993, CAPS filed a lawsuit against

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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 ''

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''. CAPS claimed that such wage practices would drive down wages for U.S. workers. CAPS ultimately lost the lawsuit.

Notes

External links

Californians for Population Stabilization website
* David M. Reimers (1998
''Unwelcome strangers: American identity and the turn against immigration''
Columbia University Press, portion of book regarding CAPS {{authority control Anti-immigration politics in the United States Immigration to the United States Environmental organizations based in California Sustainability organizations Organizations promoting population moderation Human overpopulation think tanks Political and economic think tanks in the United States Population concern advocacy groups Population concern organizations Population organizations Non-profit organizations based in California