Category: Political Action

APLE Petition Day

December 5th – Sign the Petition for November 2020 Ballot
The California Schools and Local Communities Funding Act will restore over $11 billion per year to California’s schools, community colleges, health clinics, and other vital local services.

Schools and Communities First Will:
Reclaim $12 billion per year for K-12 schools, community colleges, and local communities.
Close commercial property tax loopholes that corporations and wealthy investors use to avoid paying their fair share of property taxes.
Protect all homeowners and renters by maintaining tax protections for ALL residential property.
Ensure strict accountability so that money goes directly to our schools and communities.

For more information click here

UTLA Strike Makes History for Students and Public Education!

After six days on strike along with parents, students and community members across Los Angeles, we have reached a historic agreement that addresses major issues impacting our schools, students and professions.

January 22nd was a packed and accelerated day so that UTLA could vote on the TA and return to schools without delay. Once again LA educators showed amazing flexibility and focus. There was a lot to consider and discuss: The contract agreement makes progress in more than 20 different areas, and they will continue to talk with each other about the positive impact on their schools. Below is the link to the summary of that agreement, which the UTLA Board of Directors endorses for a YES vote.

The agreement is a paradigm shift and delivers on the defining demands of our contract campaign: click here for the summary aggrement 

Tony Thurmond Wins Historic State Superintendent Race

Assemblymember and former social worker Tony Thurmond will be California’s next Superintendent of Public Instruction. In a historic victory for the millions of public school students across California, Marshall Tuck called Tony Thurmond 11 days after Election Day to concede in a race where every vote mattered.

The most recent results from the Secretary of State are available here.

Despite being outspent by more than 2-to-1 by billionaires backing former Wall Street banker Tuck and his scheme to privative our public schools, Thurmond prevailed in what was the most expensive race for a state schools chief in U.S. history thanks to the work of thousands of educators, parents and public education supporters.

Click on the links below to learn more about Tony Thurmond.

CTA Campaign 2018

CTA’s recommendations for the Nov. 6 General Election are here.  Let your vote be your voice!  Help elect lawmakers who will fund public schools and support all students and educators.

In considering recommendations of candidates for each office, the CTA interview teams, which were comprised of 30 CTA leaders and members from throughout the state, sought to evaluate the candidates on a variety of criteria.  CTA’s candidate and ballot measure recommendations are:

Statewide Offices

Governor – Gavin Newsom
Superintendent of Public Instruction – Tony Thurmond
Lieutenant Governor – Ed Hernandez
Attorney General – Xavier Becerra
Secretary of State – Alex Padilla
State Controller – Betty Yee
Insurance Commissioner – Ricardo Lara
State Treasurer – Fiona Ma
Board of Equalization District 1 – No Recommendation
Board of Equalization District 2 – Malia Cohen

Meet your Statewide Candidates Here

Statewide Propositions

YES on Proposition 4 – Issues $1.5 Billion in Bonds for Children’s Hospitals

NO on Proposition 5 – Revises Process for Home Buyers Who are Age 55 or Older or Severely Disabled to Transfer Their Tax Assessments

NO on Proposition 6 – Eliminates certain road repair and transportation funding

YES on Proposition 10 – Allows Local Governments to Regulate Rent

NO on Proposition 11 – Allows Ambulance Providers to Require Workers to Remain On- Call During Breaks Paid

Learn more about CTA’s recommendations on the 2018 Initiatives here.

Local Offices

AssemblySenateCongressional
AD 2 – Jim Wood (D)
AD 3 – No Recommendation
AD 4 – Cecilia Aguiar Curry (D)
AD 5 – No Recommendation
AD 6 – No Recommendation
AD 7 – Kevin McCarty (D)
AD 8 – Ken Cooley (D)
AD 9 – Jim Cooper (D)
AD 11 – Jim Frazier (D)
AD 12 – Neutral
AD 13 – Susan Talamantes Eggman (D)
AD 15 – Jovanka Beckles (D)
AD 16 – Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D)
AD 17 – David Chiu (D)
AD 18 – Rob Bonta (D)
AD 19 – Philip Ting (D)
AD 20 – Bill Quirk (D)
AD 21 – Adam Gray (D)
AD 22 – Kevin Mullin (D)
AD 23 – No Recommendation
AD 25 – Kansen Chu (D)
AD 26 – Jose Sigala (D)
AD 27 – Ash Kalra (D)
AD 28 – Evan Low (D)
AD 29 – Mark Stone (D)
AD 30 – Robert Rivas (D)
AD 31 – Joaquin Arambula (D)
AD 32 – Rudy Salas (D)
AD 34 – Nicholas Nicita (D)
AD 35 – Jordan Cunningham (R)
AD 36 – No Recommendation
AD 37 – Monique Limon (D)
AD 38 – Christy Smith (D)
AD 39 – Luz Rivas (D)
AD 40 – James Ramos (D)
AD 41 – Chris Holden (D)
AD 42 – No Recommendation
AD 43 – Laura Friedman (D)
AD 44 – Jacqui Irwin (D)
AD 45 – Jesse Gabriel (D)
AD 46 – Adrin Nazarian
AD 47 – Eloise Gomez Reyes (D)
AD 49 – Ed Chau (D)
AD 50 – Richard Bloom (D)
AD 51 – Wendy Carrillo (D)
AD 52 – Freddie Rodriguez (D)
AD 53 – Miguel Santiago (D)
AD 54 – Sydney Kamlager (D)*
AD 57 – Ian Calderon (D)
AD 58 – Cristina Garcia (D)
AD 59 – Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D)
AD 60 – Sabrina Cervantes (D)
AD 61 – Jose Medina (D)
AD 63 – Anthony Rendon (D)
AD 64 – Mike Gipson (D)
AD 65 – Sharon Quirk-Silva (D)
AD 66 – Al Muratsuchi (D)
AD 67 – Michelle Singleton (D)
AD 70 – Patrick O’Donnell (D)
AD 71 – Neutral
AD 72 – Josh Lowenthal (D)
AD 74 – Cottie Petrie-Norris (D)
AD 75 – Alan Geraci (D)
AD 76 – Tasha Boerner Harvath (D)
AD 77 – Sunday Gover (D)
AD 78 – Todd Gloria (D)
AD 80 – Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (D)

* For Special Election		SD 2 – Mike McGuire (D)
SD 6 – Richard Pan (D)
SD 10 – Bob Wieckowski (D)
SD 12 – Anna Caballero (D)
SD 14 – No Recommendation
SD 16 – No Recommendation
SD 20 – Connie Leyva (D)
SD 22 – Mike Eng (D)
SD 24 – Maria Elena Durazo (D)
SD 28 – Joy Silver (D)
SD 30 – Holly Mitchell (D)
SD 32 – Bob Archuleta (D)
SD 34 – Tom Umberg
SD 36 – No Recommendation
SD 40 – Ben Hueso (D)		CD 1 – Audrey Denney (D)
CD 2 – Jared Huffman (D)
CD 3 – John Garamendi (D)
CD 4 – Jessica Morse (D)
CD 5 – Mike Thompson (D)
CD 6 – Doris Matsui (D)
CD 7 – Ami Bera (D)
CD 8 – Paul Cook (R)
CD 9 – Jerry McNerney (D)
CD 10 – Josh Harder (D)
CD 11 – Mark DeSaulnier (D)
CD 12 – Nancy Pelosi (D)
CD 13 – Barbara Lee (D)
CD 14 – Jackie Speier (D)
CD 15 – Eric Swalwell (D)
CD 16 – Jim Costa (D)
CD 18 – Anna Eshoo (D)
CD 21 – Neutral
CD 22 – Andrew Janz (D)
CD 23 – Tatiana Matta (D)
CD 25 – Katie Hill (D)
CD 26 – Julia Brownley (D)
CD 27 – Judy Chu (D)
CD 28 – Adam Schiff (D)
CD 29 – Tony Cardenas (D)
CD 30 – Brad Sherman (D)
CD 31 – Pete Aguilar (D)
CD 32 – Grace Napolitano (D)
CD 33 – Ted Lieu (D)
CD 34 – Jimmy Gomez (D)
CD 36 – Raul Ruiz (D)
CD 37 – Karen Bass (D)
CD 38 – Linda Sanchez (D)
CB 39 – Gil Cisneros (D)
CD 40 – Lucille Roybal-Allard (D)
CD 41 – Mark Takano (D)
CD 42 – Julia Peacock (D)
CD 43 – Maxine Waters (D)
CD 44 – Nanette Barragán (D)
CD 45 – Katie Porter (D)
CD 47 – Alan Lowenthal (D)
CD 48 – Harley Rouda (D)
CD 49 – Mike Levin (D)
CD 50 – Ammar Campa-Najjar (D)
CD 51 – Juan Vargas (D)
CD 52 -Scott Peters (D)