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California brawling, from the White House to local government
May snow, Trump vs. California, what just happened with housing, labor pressures on ridesharing, mental health, brawling councilmen and spicy news.
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Capitol
Should public pensions invest in Uber and Lyft? Sure, says the man who pushed to divest in guns
John Chiang says California's public pensions should stay invested in Uber and Lyft to improve worker benefits.
Newsletters
Cannabis, local control, education and Trump’s Becerra problem
Legislation seeks to expand cannabis permits and medical marijuana access, lawmakers dust off education bills, teachers struggle with housing costs
Capitol
Later school bells, alternative testing: California lawmakers try again on quashed K-12 bills
From later school start times to lower thresholds for parcel taxes, California lawmakers see a second chance with Gov. Gavin Newsom to pass education bills quashed by former Gov. Jerry Brown.
Education
‘Common sense regulations’ or ‘an extended middle finger’—how far will California go on charter schools?
The transparency mandate signed into law Tuesday is just the first in a flurry of bills aimed at curbing California charter schools.
Economy
Everyone is saying they just won a big court case on pensions. What does that mean for you?
If all sides are declaring victory in the California Supreme Court’s pension ruling on Monday, it’s because the decision had a little something for all the combatants in the state’s pension wars. In a much-anticipated decision, the high court upheld a major rollback initiated during Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration—a reform that rescinded a long tradition that had […]
Education
‘Lock the door and throw away the key’: As strike looms, LAUSD asks Newsom to intercede
Los Angeles teachers are set to strike Monday despite a fresh offer from California's largest school district after Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed freeing some $40 billion at Los Angeles Unified School District by paying pension debt. The strike would impact more than a half-million students and their families.
Capitol
If teachers strike at Los Angeles Unified School District, don’t expect it to stay in L.A.
The threatened teachers' strike at Los Angeles Unified School District is already reverberating in public schools across California, and could be felt by taxpayers and communities throughout the state.
Commentary
My turn: Here’s what’s at the root of L.A. teachers’ complaint
Los Angeles teachers’ issues are fundamental, among them: bloated class sizes, lack of full-time nurses in 80 percent of Los Angeles schools, annual waves of destructive layoffs, and a student-counselor ratio so bad that the United Teachers of Los Angeles’s demand is to bring it down to 500-1. The Los Angeles Unified School District has legitimate financial issues. However, the district has repeatedly projected deficits which don’t materialize. Moreover, the district’s reserve is now almost $2 billion, an unprecedented figure.
Reader Reactions
Pension divestment
Frank Schetter, Sacramento It seems very easy for some teachers to indicate that they would like to have their retirement investments free of companies such as GEO Group, CoreCivic, and General Dynamics. That’s all well and good. The problem as I see it is that there are no ramifications for the teacher who was quoted, Adrianna Betti. If […]