Californians for Population Stabilization

Californians for Population Stabilization, Inc.
AbbreviationCAPS
Merged intoNumbersUSA
FormationMarch 12, 1979 (1979-03-12)
Tax ID no. 94-2581509
Registration no.C0912758 (California)
President
Ben Zuckerman[1]
Websitecapsweb.org
Formerly called
Zero Population Growth - California, Incorporated[2]

Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) was an American anti-immigration focused non-profit organization founded in 1986 in California. CAPS was the former Californian branch of the Zero Population Growth (ZPG) organization.[3] The group merged with NumbersUSA in 2025.[4]

Overview

Its stated aim was to help advance state policies and programs designed to stabilize the population at a level which they felt would "preserve a good quality of life for all Californians".[5] The organization asserted that the current growth of population was "unsustainable" and contributed to a growing strain on the environment and infrastructure.[6] After the population of California plateaued in the early 2020s, CAPS' Board of Directors decided that "a population stabilization organization with a focus on California no longer makes much sense" and the organization merged into NumbersUSA, a national anti-immigration advocacy group.[4][7]

Immigration

CAPS supports immigration reduction. In 1993, CAPS filed a lawsuit against Hewlett Packard alleging that HP was violating California labor laws and paid below-market wages to residents of India who came to the U.S. to work 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.[8] CAPS ultimately lost the lawsuit.[9]

CAPS has been described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as an "anti-immigrant hate group".[10] Until 2017, CAPS' director of public affairs was a documented neo-nazi.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ "California anti-immigrant group CAPS merges with NumbersUSA". Southern Poverty Law Center. 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  2. ↑ Name change, March 5, 1986, California Secretary of State.
  3. ↑ Coates, A. Peter (2006). American Perceptions of Immigrant and Invasive Species: Strangers on the Land. Univ. of Calif. Press. p. 237. ISBN 9780520249301.
  4. 1 2 "California anti-immigrant group CAPS merges with NumbersUSA". Southern Poverty Law Center. 2025-03-12. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
  5. ↑ CAPS website
  6. ↑ "Environmental Concerns". CAPS.
  7. ↑ Zuckerman, Ben (Winter 2023–2024). "President's Message" (PDF). CAPS News. Vol. 62, no. 2. Californians for Population Stabilization. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2024.
  8. ↑ Computerworld, October 11, 1993 p. 110
  9. ↑ Californians for Population Stabilization v. Hewlett Packard Company (Court of Appeal, Sixth District, California 1997), Text.
  10. ↑ "Dustin Inman Society". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Californians for Population Stabilization Hired Documented Neo-Nazi Parker Wilson". Southern Poverty Law Center. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "Identity Revealed: Bay Area neo-Nazi hid in plain sight". El Tecolote. 9 February 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
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