2024 LAUSD Elections
BREAKING NEWS: LAUSD School Board Candidate Named In Lawsuit
Former student seeks to hold Graciela Ortiz accountable for sexual assault that occurred while volunteering for the astroturf group, Yvote!
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4 min readJan 12, 2024
“The entity ‘Yvote!’ (which is an abbreviation or social media handle for ‘Youth Vote’) was utilized to mobilize youth volunteers, some of whom were under-age, as political campaign workers in support of the political campaigns of Efren Martinez and Graciela Ortiz.”
– Civil Filing, Case No.: 24NVVCV00084
As an LAUSD employee with access to children, Graciela Ortiz was responsible for ensuring that she protected students from harm. According to a recent filing with the California Superior Court, the LAUSD Board District 5 School Board candidate betrayed this trust with one student. The allegations within this lawsuit also raise the possibility that Ortiz improperly used her District position to benefit her political interests.
