Teachers union and Eli Broad — usually foes — unite behind parcel tax for L.A. schools
5 years, 8 months ago

Teachers union and Eli Broad — usually foes — unite behind parcel tax for L.A. schools

LA Times  

The major backers of a property tax for local public schools include two habitual foes: the local teachers union and billionaire Eli Broad, according to campaign filings. The tax, Measure EE, will go before voters within the boundaries of the Los Angeles Unified School District in June and would raise about $500 million annually. Not surprisingly, one big supporter of the tax is United Teachers Los Angeles, which represents teachers, counselors, nurses and librarians in the nation’s second-largest school system. Other major donors include two carpenters unions and HNTB Corp., a Missouri-based engineering company, which has been involved in major public works contracts in the city of Los Angeles.

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L.A. teachers union seeks 20% raise, saying educators are stressed out and priced out
2 years, 1 month ago

L.A. teachers union seeks 20% raise, saying educators are stressed out and priced out

LA Times  

The Los Angeles teachers union is pressing its demands for a 20% raise over two years, smaller class sizes and a steep reduction in standardized testing — the latest stress test for the nation’s second-largest school district and Supt. “As someone who’s new to L.A., teachers do not make enough money to live in the city at all,” said Nekhoe …

Q&A: Parcel tax for L.A. schools is latest ask of taxpayers
5 years, 7 months ago

Q&A: Parcel tax for L.A. schools is latest ask of taxpayers

LA Times  

April Camacho, left, and Melyna Gutierrez of the group InnerCity Struggle canvass Boyle Heights to urge Angelenos to vote yes on Measure EE. On Tuesday, voters living within the boundaries of the Los Angeles Unified School District will decide whether to pass Measure EE, a property tax to benefit Los Angeles public schools. If two-thirds of voters say yes, Measure …

Oppose that schools tax and you’ll be sorry? Garcetti aide says that’s not what happened
5 years, 9 months ago

Oppose that schools tax and you’ll be sorry? Garcetti aide says that’s not what happened

LA Times  

Rick Jacobs, a longtime advisor to L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, speaks in 2016 at the annual Bastille Day reception at La Residence de France in Beverly Hills. Tracy Hernandez, founding chief executive of the Los Angeles County Business Federation, known as BizFed, said Measure EE campaign manager Rick Jacobs told her during a phone call last month that BizFed members …

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