Students shake hands with L.A. Board of Education candidates Jackie Goldberg, left, and Heather Repenning, right, at the Southeast Rio Vista YMCA at Maywood Center on April 11 in Maywood.
The numbers underscore that even though Latinos now make up nearly half the population of Los Angeles, they still lag behind in voting rolls and political clout in parts of the city. Some Latinos in the school district are not citizens, so they’re not eligible to vote. But even among those who are qualified, voter turnout in the heavily Latino southeast portion of Board District 5 remains low.
And voters appeared to embrace Goldberg’s message. She carried almost half the vote, but Repenning edged out Graciela Ortiz, a Latina school counselor and Huntington Park City Council member who won almost every precinct in the southern part of the district, by just 31 votes. Both said they believe they can represent a diverse population, and have the backgrounds to be powerful advocates for kids and parents., southeast voters were partially responsible for ousting white incumbent Bennett Kayser in favor of Rodriguez, said Gabriella Barbosa, a policy analyst for the Alliance for a Better Community, a Latino advocacy group.
Repenning, meanwhile, is trying to keep her northeast votes and win over supporters of Ortiz, who has since endorsed Repenning and mobilized voters and volunteers to support her.Villatoro, for example, has shifted focus to Goldberg, who Gonzalez endorsed and who she believes has more education experience and exudes more confidence in a leadership role. Goldberg was a teacher for 16 years, served on the school board in the 1980s, and was a member of the L.A. City Council and state Assembly.
“One feels good to be able to understand her and that she tries,” said Remedios Ochoa Reyes, whose 10th-grader attends Alliance Margaret M. Bloomfield High School, a charter school that is within District 5 boundaries and receives public funds, but is run privately. White trustees, meanwhile, “are more concerned with the involvement of the state and federal government in school policy.” Latino board members are also more likely to advocate for immigrant students’ needs and for more teachers and school leaders of color.
So we are not all equal I guess..this at least title of article suggests we will never have non racial lines
tonetalks Why are we letting white folks get away with this?
9 out of 10 students are illegal, non-citizens. Theoretically, elected officials represent citizens.
Invalidate election until semi competent non whites can be found to fill positions.
VanceUlrich The hed doesn't do the article justice. There are elements of charter vs. non-charter, gerrymandering, voter engagement, citizenship, as well as race. It's a complex situation that is LA to its core. Please, read the article and not just the clickbait headline.
It’s ok to be white.
If these board members taught for at least 5 years in the District, they understand the issues teachers, students, parents face. If not, no matter who you are, until you've been a teacher, you can't really understand. Race is not the issue. Experience with the District is.
Also. The Left is giving all of their Presidential support to 2 insanely old white men....plus a gay white mayor, so?
So who showed up to vote?
judging people by the color of their skin. Sound pretty racist to me
The ... a broken and troubled “news” outlet.
And?
Expand this like it was nationwide and you will understand why a straight popular vote is not a good idea. Giving all the power to select neighborhoods (or states) because they have the most votes yields results like this.
Please stop the bullsh*t. This identity politics is killing us. It's like you're saying all white people ill-intentioned. White people are just as offended being stereotyped as minorities are. Get a clue. you'll never succeed by pushing such bullsh*t.
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