OUTSIDE GROUPS TRYING TO INFLUENCE L.A. SCHOOL BOARD RACES. Eli Broad’s in for a quarter-of-a-million + smf’s 2¢
The Coalition for School Reform has raised more than $1.5 million, mostly from a small group of wealthy donors who helped fund past campaigns. Separate campaigns are being paid for by unions.
BY HOWARD BLUME, LOS ANGELES TIMES | HTTP://LAT.MS/126QBK0
Education and arts philanthropist Eli Broad has made a donation of $250,000 to the Coalition for School Retorm, a group trying to influence the outcome of three races for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education. (Allen J. Schaben, Los Angeles Times / January 31, 2013)
February 10, 2013, 6:30 p.m. :: Outside groups are mounting campaigns to influence the outcome of three races for seats on the Los Angeles Board of Education.The Coalition for School Reform has raised more than $1.5 million, mostly from a small group of wealthy donors who helped fund past campaigns.
The coalition is conducting an independent campaign in support of its preferred candidates for three open board seats in the March 5 election. Separate independent campaigns are being paid for by the teachers union, unions representing other district employees and the L.A. County