Voters in Los Angeles Unified District 1, which includes much of South L.A., Mid-City and Koreatown, need an experienced and responsive person to fill the open seat of retiring school board member George J. McKenna III. The best choice is Sherlett Hendy Newbill, who spent decades at Susan Miller Dorsey High School in Baldwin Hills as a basketball coach, teacher …
Los Angeles Unified school board member George J. McKenna III announced his retirement last year, leaving an open seat in District 1, which spans much of South Los Angeles, Mid-City, Koreatown and as far west as Palms. This is an important seat on the school board that needs an experienced leader who can be responsive to the community and make …
In an election year supposedly defined by the public’s anxiety over rising crime and diminishing law enforcement, Los Angeles is on the verge of electing its first abolitionist City Council member. “This progressive surge has made itself competitive,” said Raphael Sonenshein, executive director of Cal State L.A.’s Pat Brown Institute for Public Affairs. “People haven’t realized that L.A. has become …
