Jacqueline Barbara Goldberg is an American politician,activist and former educator currently serving as a member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 5,a position she has held since 2019. Previously serving as a board member from 1983 until 1991,Goldberg has also served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council and the California State Assembly.
The mayor of the City of San Diego is the official head and chief executive officer of the U.S. city of San Diego,California. The mayor has the duty to enforce and execute the laws enacted by the San Diego City Council,the legislative branch. The mayor serves a four-year term and is limited to two successive terms.
JoséLuis Huizar is a Mexican-American former politician who served as a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2005 to 2020.
Edwin Everett Pawlowski is an American politician who served as the 41st Mayor of Allentown,Pennsylvania. He held the office from 2006 until his resignation in 2018,following his election to a fourth term in 2017. He resigned after being convicted on 47 federal charges related to corruption as mayor of Allentown.
Nativo Lopez-Vigil was an American political leader and immigrant rights activist in Southern California. Lopez was a national president of the Mexican American Political Association and the national director of the Hermandad Mexicana Latinoamericana,a community service and advocacy organization for Mexican and Latin American immigrants throughout the United States.
Anthony Cobos is an American politician from the State of Texas in the United States. He served as the El Paso County Judge from 2007 to 2011 and is a former member of the El Paso City Council. El Paso County,Texas,is located on the border of the United States and Mexico.
Ramón Curtis Cortines is an American educator who has served as the chancellor of the New York City Department of Education,and the superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District in Los Angeles,California. Cortines returned as Los Angeles superintendent in October 2014,and his contract was extended in June 2015 for another year,through June 2016.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a public school district in Los Angeles County,California,United States. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the 2nd largest public school district in the United States,with only the New York City Department of Education having a larger student population. During the 2022–2023 school year,LAUSD served 565,479 students,including 11,795 early childhood education students and 27,740 adult students. During the same school year,it had 24,769 teachers and 49,231 other employees. It is the second largest employer in Los Angeles County after the county government. The school district's budget for the 2021–2022 school year was $10.7 billion,increasing to $12.6 billion for the 2022–2023 school year.
The Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools,called the RFK Community Schools,is a complex of public schools in Los Angeles,California. This was formerly the site of the Ambassador Hotel,the site of the June 1968 assassination of presidential candidate United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
Harish "Harry" Singh Sidhu is an American Republican politician and businessman who served as the 46th mayor of Anaheim,California,winning the office in the 2018 election. He was the first person of color and the first Sikh to serve as mayor of Anaheim. He is a former member of the Anaheim City Council and the former Mayor pro tempore of Anaheim.
The 2020 Los Angeles elections were held on March 3,2020. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for November 3,2020. Seven of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election.
John Edward Deasy is an American businessman who served as a superintendent for multiple school districts from 1996 until 2020. He first served as superintendent for Coventry Public Schools,the Santa Monica–Malibu Unified School District,and Prince George's County Public Schools. Deasy became the Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District on April 15,2011,succeeding Ramon Cortines. He served until his resignation on October 15,2014,at which point Cortines was appointed as his successor. He later served as the superintendent of Stockton Unified School District from 2018 until 2020.
Nicholas James Melvoin is an American attorney,former teacher,and adjunct professor serving as member of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education for District 4 since May 16,2017. A member of the Democratic Party,Melvoin is the second youngest member of the board after Kelly Gonez.
Kelly Fitzpatrick-Gonez is a former science teacher and current member and former president of the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education. She was elected as a board member in 2017 and as president in 2020. Prior to her election,she had previously served as an education policy advisor for the Obama administration.
The 2019 Los Angeles special elections were held on March 5,2019,and June 4,2019. Voters elected candidates in a nonpartisan primary,with runoff elections scheduled for May 14,2019 and August 13,2019. One of the fifteen seats in the City Council were up for election while one of the seven seats in the Board of Education were up for election.
