in the March primary. None of them captured a majority, so the top two finishers are competing today.Jackie Goldberg, a veteran L.A. politician who has served on the school board, City Council and in the state Assembly.
Heather Repenning, who most recently served on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works and worked for Mayor Eric Garcetti when he was a councilman and early on during his mayoralty.In L.A. Unified, voters elect school board members by geography. This election is in Board District 5, an oddly shaped district that includes upscale areas in Silver Lake, Highland Park and Eagle Rock, as well as the lower-income cities southeast of downtown, like Bell, Huntington Park, South Gate and Cudahy.
But anything could happen, as the two have been battling to maintain support in neighborhoods north of downtown, where most of the voters are, while scrambling to capture the primary voters who supported other candidates.Before Rodriguez resigned, charter-backed candidates held a slim one-seat majority on the board. Charter schools receive public funding but are run independently. Most are not unionized.
Goldberg is a major critic of charter schools. She says she is running to prevent charter interests from exerting too much control over the school system. Repenning paints herself as a neutral voice who does not favor one type of school over another. She says the district should focus on making each school one that parents and students would choose.
The board seat has been vacant since July 2018 when member Ref Rodriguez pleaded guilty to campaign finance crimes and resigned.
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