LAUSD By Its Charter School Numbers
All charter schools are considered their own Local Education Agency (LEA). In the Los Angeles area, some are managed fiscally by LAUSD and are also under the ultimate control of its elected board;...
View ArticleThe Cost Of Ambivalent Charter School Oversight
LAUSD currently “co-locates” charter schools on 57 of its District campuses. The space-sharing is mandated by court-interpretation of a CA state proposition, “Prop 39” passed in 2000 regarding school...
View ArticleA Letter To My Daughters, students voting absentee in California’s June 7,...
Hello my loves: Please start early on this ballot and get good and comfortable because completing it is going to take a while; there are 32 races! The ballot must be received back in Norwalk by Flag...
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A Letter To My Daughters, students voting absentee in California’s June 7,...
Hello my loves: Please start early on this ballot and get good and comfortable because completing it is going to take a while; there are 32 races! The ballot must be received back in Norwalk by Flag...
View ArticleElections, Issues, Positions: The Democratic Party weighs in post-primary...
As your Dem Party representative elected at the County level, I am also one of your political reps elected to the Party at the State level. This weekend the CA State Democratic Party (CDP or CADEM)...
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Gaslighting AD52: Mia Livas Porter Is Actually The “Better Democrat” (or:...
Sometimes it’s clear whom we’re “supposed” to vote for. But on what basis do we decide? I’d rather the basis were factual, and beyond some loyalty-prerogative exacted by friends and allies. But...
View ArticleTurning to Fall in AD55 (October 2022, LACDP-AD55 constituent newsletter)
October 1, 2022 Hi Folks – Political polarization seems to be the name of the game everywhere; outside the Party, across Parties, within the Dem Party, within even our own AD55. It’s really a messy...
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Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Voting Recommendations To My 20-Somethings
The political realm in Los Angeles is painful to watch right now – and worse – it is painful to participate in. And make no mistake, every single last one of us should be participating. It’s not just...
View ArticleDon’t Be Fazed By The Judicial Races: VOTE regardless!
I’ve been taking Voter Protection Hotline calls (877-321-VOTE) up and down the state of California for weeks now and can assure you: if you’re freaked out by the judicial yay/nay votes on your...
View ArticleTell Me Again What The Democratic Party Actually Is?
Well mostly, it’s a collection of folks striving to see that the Party winds up looking like what they envision it to be about. Which means that some of the time Party members are actually working at...
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