In San Francisco, Parent Anger Focuses on School Board Recall
November 28, 2021 | California
Three San Francisco school board members could soon be recalled as the same voter focus on education that helped elect a Republican governor in Virginia earlier this month finds an outlet on the other side of the country.
School Board President Gabriela López and commissioners Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga will face recall elections in February. Supporters of the recall say that the board spent too much time on social justice issues during the Covid-19 pandemic and not enough on ending one of the nation’s longest suspensions of in-person learning.
Opponents have attempted to frame the recall, one of the most contentious political disputes in years in this overwhelmingly liberal city, as driven by right-wing Republicans. Mayor London Breed, a Democrat, has endorsed it.
San Francisco’s last recall election occurred in 1983, when then Mayor Dianne Feinstein, who currently serves as senator from California, remained in office with 81% of the vote in her favor.,,, (Excerpts from The Wall Street Journal)
