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Aug 2, 2023 · The departures of L.A. school board members Jackie Goldberg and George McKenna throw wide open the district's future political course as a four seat majority will be on the 2024 ballot.
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Mar 5, 2024 · OFFICIAL RESULTS. The California Secretary of State's Office certified the final vote tallies on April 12, marking an official end to the March 5, 2024 Primary Election. Voter Game Plan will be...
- Mariana Dale
- K-12 Senior Reporter
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Aug 3, 2023 · LOS ANGELES (2UG) – Los Angeles Unified School District board member George McKenna will join Jackie Goldberg in not running for re-election, the Los Angeles Times reported. McKenna plans to serve out the remainder of his term through 2024.
- Karen Bass
- Rick J. Caruso
- Kevin de León
- Craig E. Greiwe
- Alex Gruenenfelder
- John Jackson
- Andrew Kim
- Gina Viola
- Mel Wilson
Karen Bass has been one of the leading candidates in the current mayoral race. She has served on the California State Assembly from 2005-2010 and assumed office as a U.S. House Representative in 2013. Bass is an LA native. She grew up in the Venice/Fairfax area and attended Hamilton High School, Cal State Dominguez Hills, and the University of Sout...
Another frontrunner in the race has been businessman Rick Caruso. Although he does not have previous experience holding office in any local or state governments, Caruso has been involved throughout LA. He attended both the University of Southern California and Pepperdine University. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Caruso, which is ...
Like Bass, Kevin de León also had a political track record serving as the LA city councilmember for the 14th District since 2020, as well the president pro tempore of the California State Senate from 2014 to 2018. De León is an LA native and was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He attended UC Santa Barbara and graduated with ho...
University of Southern California and Columbia School of Law alum Craig Greiwe is running for mayor as a centrist. His career experience includes being the former chief of strategy officer of Rogers & Cowan/PMK. Greiwe has been very vocal about using his experience to help rebuild LA with new programs that will not increase taxes. Some of the key i...
Alex Gruenenfelder is the youngest candidate in the mayoral race and an LA native. He attended local LA public schools from kindergarten through the end of high school. He does not have any previous experience holding any political offices but has been an avid activist partaking in multiple movements. A UC San Diego alum, Gruenenfelder has worked o...
John Jackson has over 30 years of community involvement and interest in working with veterans, as he himself is a vet. Jackson’s father was also a war veteran serving in both the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. His platform includes helping fight against hate crimes in LA. He wants to establish anti-bullying and educational programs for childr...
A Claremont McKenna College and Pepperdine University alum, Andrew Kim has a long track record with law and has owned his own law firm in LA for over 30 years. Kim has worked as a civil rights attorney working to defend marginalized communities. If elected, Kim wants to appoint a homelessness Czar, as well as declare homelessness as a state of emer...
Gina Viola says she is running a grassroots campaign with the goal of making LA a happy, safe, and healthy city. She has been a strong advocate for LGBTQ+ rights, social justice and racial work, as well as a mentor for the organization Girls & Gangs. Viola has lived in LA for most of her adult life and has been a business owner for over 25 years. S...
Real estate agent and former Metro board member Mel Wilson is focused on eliminating the city’s gross tax on businesses. If elected to office, Wilson would become the second Black mayor of LA after former Mayor Tom Bradley. He held many positions like being appointed by former LA mayors Antonio Villaraigosa and Richard Riordan to the Metro board of...
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Aug 2, 2023 · Jackie Goldberg, a veteran state lawmaker, city council member and current president of Los Angeles Board of Education, on Tuesday announced that she would not seek another term, departing from the...
In September 2019, McKenna helped to launch the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority pass program for K-12 students in the LAUSD. He was re-elected to the Board in that next year, running unopposed again. In February 2024, McKenna announced his decision not to pursue re-election for the upcoming 2024 election.
