J.B.'s charter schools fostering equity? Not so much.
This is an update on the tons of extra money that Jerry Brown gets for his two charter schools in Oakland. The San Francisco Chronicle previously reported about this phenomenon in July 2009. Contributions are tracked by the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC). A spreadsheet of contributions to Jerry Brown for 2012 is posted online (updated 8/3/2012) at www.fppc.ca.gov/cosponsor/2012-state.xls
The vast majority of contributions directed to Brown are for Oakland Military Institute (OMI) and Oakland School for the Arts (OSA).
OMI is located at 3877 Lusk Street on the campus previously occupied by Longfellow Elementary School (closed in 2004). OMI has leased this site from the Oakland Unified School District since 2007 and the lease expires June 30, 2013. A self-funded expansion on 39th Street next to OMI has recently been completed, and