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LAUSD Worker Strike Begins, Shutting Down Schools For 420,000 Students

Service Employees International Local 99, the union representing 30,000 bus drivers, cafeteria workers, custodians and other support staff across the Los Angeles Unified School District, has started a three-day strike beginning Tuesday. The teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), has instructed its members not to cross the picket line — effectively bringing the nation's second-largest school district to a halt. LAUSD, with the help of community partnerships, is offering some child ca

People Want To Know What Mayor Bass Is Going To Do About Homelessness. Here’s What She Said During The State Of The City Address

People Want To Know What Mayor Bass Is Going To Do About Homelessness. Here’s What She Said During The State Of The City Address

L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, in her first State of the City address, called for a massive ramp-up of a motel shelter program for unhoused people – including having the city buy motels and hotels – and separately asked for funding to hire hundreds more police officers. The mayor said her proposed budget will include scaling up her signature program offering motel shelter to