California Donor Table

The Los Angeles teachers’ strike is over, but what does it mean for the future of education in the city and the state? The strike was a microcosm of what plagues California, a state with great wealth and great disparities, magnified with the passage of Proposition 13 in 1978, which devastated the LA school district and public school budgets statewide. While the teachers were successful in getting most of their demands met, we still need to resolve many structural problems to improve public schools.

Earlier this week, the newly elected members of Congress -- including the seven Democrats from California -- were sworn in. As one of the largest cohorts in the incoming class, “they could wield outsize power for first-time members.”

CALIFORNIA POLITICS Blue Wave All the Way Down Our regional tables and groups — in Orange County, San Diego, the Inland Empire, Central Valley and Contra Costa County — contributed to huge Democratic and progressive wins up-and-down the ballot this past election, including mayorships and city councils, where Republicans had managed to hold onto seats despite the growing Democratic advantage in voter registration.