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LAUSD BD5 School Board Endorsement: Karla Griego
This Special Education teacher and parent has the experience and fight needed to take over for Jackie Goldberg in Northeast Los Angeles.
“At every stage in my career, I have worked to create spaces for community input.”
– Karla Griego’s website
Nestled in Northeast Los Angeles, LAUSD’s BD5 has seen a lot of turmoil within the last decade. First, the Charter School Industry spent millions on a campaign that falsely accused the incumbent, public school champion Bennett Kayser, of trying “to stop Latino Children From Attending Schools in White Neighborhoods” and mocked his diagnosis of Parkinson’s.
The tactics were successful and Kayser was replaced by charter school operator Ref Rodriguez. However, after pleading guilty to felony charges, Rodriguez was forced from office, leaving BD5 unrepresented until the voters chose Jackie Goldberg to replace him in a Special Election. Then the Board District was radically reshaped in a redistricting process tainted by corruption.
With Goldberg set to retire at the end of her term, the residents of BD5 are…
