Politics & Government
Co-location: Assembly District Candidates Weigh In (Video)
Where do they stand on this legislation allowing LAUSD and charter schools to share the same campus? Here is the uncut video of their answers at a forum Wednesday in Echo Park.
Four candidates in the 51st Assembly District primary race appeared at forum Wednesday night in Echo Park.
They were Arturo Chavez, Jimmy Gomez, Luis Lopez and Osar Gutierrez, all Democrats.
Rick Freidberg did not attend.
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Moderated by Liza White of the Los Angeles League of Women voters, the forum featured an opportunity for Echo Park-Silver Lake Patch editor Anthea Raymond to ask a question submitted by a Patch reader.
It read: "Where do the candidates stand on Prop. 39 and the way, some would say, it splits resources between LAUSD and charter schools?"
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See the candidates' answers in the video above.
The California primary election will be held June 5.
Prop 39 made room for charter schools to apply for and inhabit unused classroom and administrative space in public school buildings.
"Co-location" has been hotly debated in LAUSD communities, including Echo Park and Silver Lake.
Wednesday's candidates forum was co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Los Angeles, El Centro del Pueblo and Los Angeles Universal Preschool (LAUP).
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