San Francisco’s school board suffers from a self-inflicted “crisis of governance.” Reform is needed, which starts with recalling the most problematic commissioners. The recall is down to the wire in the final month.
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There are 52 superior court judges serving San Francisco. They are elected. Yet most voters have never heard of them. The judiciary shouldn’t be a mysterious Star Chamber. If you care about courtroom outcomes, it’s important to know who the judges are.
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Two moms call out the politicians who played games with school reopening while exhausted parents had to organize and protest to become their own heroes in the fight to reopen schools.
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If neighborhood politics in San Francisco were a Netflix show, it would star 77-year-old Carol Dimmick. You’d get a combo of Schitt’s Creek and Parks and Recreation that reveals the humor and pathos of residents trying to improve their patch of life.
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Update 13: Will an upcoming Supreme Court case help embattled San Francisco school board commissioner Alison Collins win her lawsuit against the school district?
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Update 12: More drive-thru petition signing and the full case for recalling the school board.
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Update 11: Drive-thru petition signing and the full case for recalling the school board.
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Update 10: Drive-thru petition signing and the full case for recalling the school board.
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Update 9: The school board recall petitions are ready to sign — just when we need them most. No one thought the school board could become any more dysfunctional. But is has. A recall can’t come soon enough. Instructions on how to download, print, and sign your petition.
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Update 8: As the San Francisco school board descends into ever-more chaos and controversy, we must keep perspective on why the call to replace and reform the school board was raised in the first place.
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Update 7: Meet the mom behind the powerful parent movement to safely open all of San Francisco’s public schools full time — against all odds.
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Update 6: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board. Includes news about charter amendment to appoint versus elect school board..
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Update 5: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board. Includes news about recall.
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Update 4: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board. Includes news about recall launch.
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Update 3: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board.
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Update 2: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board.
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Update 1: Newsletter about actions to change or reform the school board.
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Frustrated by the way San Francisco’s public schools are run but don’t know what to do about it? Here are the options for recalling or fundamentally changing the school board along with the pros and cons.
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I want to thank everyone who was part of my San Francisco supervisor campaign. We won the most first-place votes, but we lost after ranked choice voting was factored in. The good news is that we can celebrate Joe Biden winning the presidency. Now, we can take a deep breath and think about better days for our nation.
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Mayor Pete Buttigieg talks about how Joel Engardio will serve San Francisco well as a supervisor.
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