Unless Los Angeles voters support a parcel tax in June, LAUSD will fall $749 million below the required 1 percent reserve levels during the 2021-22 school year, according to projections […]
Unless Los Angeles voters support a parcel tax in June, LAUSD will fall $749 million below the required 1 percent reserve levels during the 2021-22 school year, according to projections […]
The margin to win the second spot in a runoff against Jackie Goldberg for a Los Angeles school board seat has shrunk to 35 votes, with Heather Repenning just ahead […]
Heather Repenning, a former public works commissioner, has taken the lead for 2nd place in the LAUSD School Board Race. Although ballots still remain to be counted, the majority of the […]
Things are definitely looking up for teacher unions, especially in California. Membership losses were less than feared after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Janus ruling. A wave of teacher strikes led to settlements […]
L.A. Unified’s Board District 5 will have to wait a little longer for final results from Tuesday’s school board election, with a county update Friday afternoon yielding no conclusive winners. […]
Updated election returns released Friday showed former LAUSD board member Jackie Goldberg maintaining her wide lead but still falling just short of the majority needed to avoid a runoff in […]
Philanthropist Eli Broad inserted himself into a pivotal Los Angeles school board race at the last second this week, making the largest individual donation to any candidate. Broad’s $100,000 didn’t […]
Jackie Goldberg, who served two terms on the Los Angeles school board decades ago, was making a strong bid Tuesday to return to that role in a pivotal special election. […]
Vote-counting continued Wednesday in the special election to fill the vacant District 5 seat on the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education, with former board member Jackie Goldberg […]
Last August, Jackie Goldberg lobbied hard to be re-appointed to a gig she last held 27 years ago: L.A. Unified School Board member. At the time, the veteran of local politics in […]
Los Angeles teachers drew widespread support when they went on strike in January, but public commitment to their cause will be tested Tuesday in an important school board election. Ten people are […]
Faced with rising obligations to current and retired public employees, the state of California and many local governments are pouring an increasing share of their tax dollars into pensions. Yet […]
On Tuesday, L.A. Unified’s Board District 5 will hold a special election to fill a school board seat that’s been vacant since last year, potentially determining whether the board swings […]
Tuesday is the special election to fill the school board seat in L.A. Unified’s Board District 5. The person elected will become part of the seven-member school board that decides […]
Los Angeles school officials once saw the January teachers’ strike as a calamity. Now they realize it created an opportunity. Angelenos opened their hearts to teachers who talked of poor conditions at schools — […]
Los Angeles school board President Monica Garcia said Monday that she is entering the race to replace Councilman Jose Huizar, becoming the latest high-profile politician to seek the seat. Garcia, […]