Kyle Stokes

Voter Game Plan: Live Results is written in big bold blue letters, surrounded by gold starts. Text box is sitting on a sketchy collage background, depicting election result charts of different races in washy periwinkle colors. Some results are circled, and there are big "I Voted" stickers overlaid.

Civics & Democracy

LAUSD Election Results: District 2 And 6 Candidates Declare Victory, But Votes Are Still Being Counted

Rocío Rivas and Kelly Gonez both say they've won their very tight races.

Civics & Democracy

Proposition 28 Results: California's Arts Education Ballot Measure Passes In Landslide

California voters set aside roughly $1 billion per year for arts programs in public schools.

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Education

After Years Of Mudslinging, This LAUSD Campaign Could Set Records For Positive Advertising

After setting records for negative advertising two years ago, the special interests who dominate LAUSD races are striking a different tone.

Two brown-skinned women appear in large photographs on campaign mailers printed with statements like, 'Vote Democrat María Brenes for school board" or "Dr. Rocío Rivas is the education leader our Los Angeles schools urgently need."

Education

Proposal To Make LAUSD Candidates Eligible For Public Campaign Funding Introduced At City Council

Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell formally introduced a motion asking city officials to study opening L.A.'s "matching funds" program to candidates in LAUSD elections, likely through a ballot measure in 2024.

Education

Results Of California’s First Statewide Tests Since COVID Are Back. Find Out How Your SoCal School Fared

Two tumultuous years of pandemic disruptions in the state's K-12 public schools have thrown many students off-track academically.

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Civics & Democracy

LAUSD Board: What Rocío Rivas — Running For District 2 — Would Do If Elected

We interviewed Rocío Rivas, a policy deputy to current board member Jackie Goldberg, who is running for the open seat in Board District 2. Her opponent is María Brenes.

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Education

We Interviewed All 4 LA Unified School Board Candidates. Here's What We Learned

Where LAUSD's candidates stand on charter schools, school police and the new superintendent's job performance.

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Civics & Democracy

LAUSD Board: What María Brenes — Running For District 2 — Would Do If Elected

María Brenes, director of the nonprofit InnerCity Struggle, is running for the open seat in Board District 2. Her opponent is Rocío Rivas.

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Education

LAUSD Enrollment Shrank Again This Year — But Not As Much As Predicted

Declining birthrates and rising housing costs are still concerns, but the pandemic-related pressures on district enrollment have eased.

A series of campaign mailers, all printed on glossy cardstock pages, are spread on the floor. Both feature women posed smiling toward the camera and campaign messages for the candidates, Rocío Rivas and María Brenes.

Education

LAUSD Could Get Independent Redistricting Panel — And Matching Funds For Board Candidates — In Fallout From LA City Council Scandal

The changes, if enacted, have the potential to upend the power dynamics in LAUSD elections that special interest groups have dominated for years.

Kyle Stokes

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