Welcome to The World of CEPA!

We Pronounce It SEE-PA, and it means the center for Economic Policy Analysis.

CEPA's Mission

Since 1985, community-based organizations, advocacy groups, and government agencies have called on us to analyze their issue and build stronger communities. We are a center providing essential information and framing policy debates to shape a better government where everyone participates in government decision-making.

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What We Provide

Reports &
Research

Informed, thoughtful explanations of current issues and the way governments work.

Mentorships

Opportunities for motivated people to pay a small fee in return for hands-on collaboration and learning with experienced policy analysts.

Programs &
Activities

Sharing the power of knowledge in order to build economic justice and social harmony.

In The World of CEPA...

Social harmony and economic justice reign supreme. We cooperate to achieve them by sharing the power of knowledge and engaging respectfully with all people and their hopes for a good life.

CEPA prevents harmful outcomes by providing research that carefully explores the framing of problems and the development of solutions. In proposed programs, we can search for faulty logic and weak assumptions in their design, suggesting improvements to avoid problems before they occur. We can examine existing programs with laudable goals that are not being achieved, identifying sources of the failure and proposing solutions more likely to succeed.

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our resources

CEPA's collection of Reports, Essays, & More.

November 4, 2025

Achieving Fair Property Tax Assessments

By CEPA Understands

In Achieving Fair Assessments, CEPA's Founder Arthur Lyons outlines how data, transparency, and public education can overcome bias and rebuild trust in the system. Urging society to reject the "Make Others Pay" mentaility and adopting an "All in It Together" approach, this essay explores how to achieve fair and equitable tax assessments for all. Download […]