For decades, LAUSD battled over charter schools. This election shows that war might be over
This election cycle marks the end to a generation of bitterly contested Los Angeles school board races that became the most expensive in the country, with the L.A. teachers union and charter school advocates slugging it out to advance their vision for public education.
The difference?
Charter school supporters — who had poured tens of million of dollars into races to elect board members sympathetic to their cause — have largely stepped aside, a reflection of shifting finances and strategy in California and nationally.
Three of seven Board of Education seats are on the ballot Tuesday in comparatively low-spending contests with incumbents as overwhelming favorites. The charter association’s political arm has not mounted campaigns in support of anyone.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-05-29/la-me-lausd-board-races-spending-drop