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ONE DAY & IT'S LAW = Dirty Politics. AB 181 was rammed through the CA state Assembly, Senate and signed by Newsom all on June 30th.
AB 181 removed the power of the elected position of Superintendent of Public Instruction in charge of CA Public schools and moved it under a new appointed Education Commissioner under the Governor.
This issue is so controversial they chose to go extra dirty to pass it and even then it only passed the Senate by 1 vote and Assembly by 12 votes (8 of which were Republicans).
Four times ballot initiative voters chose to keep this as an elected position to act as a check and balance on policy and fiscal use.
The timing of AB 181 was super sus, too. School board president Sonja Shaw had just won the top primary votes to move on to the general election. She has been at the helm of pioneering a return to core education and away from extremist politics.
Now, that office will be a mere figurehead with fake power given in the form of the 13th seat / vote on the State Board of Education. 10 of those seats are by Governor appointee and the other 2 are appointed by the state Senate & Assembly.
Some people are saying don't call out the Republicans who voted to ram this through as we can't afford to lose more Republican seats. It's true that CA needs a course-correct and balance. But if your R seat is in jeopardy, the worst thing a representative can do is vote against their base. That's on them, not their base that found out about their vote and is mad at not being represented.
Best to find out who your Assemblymember and Senators are and start to build a relationship with them and their staff so they know what their constituents care about and that you are watching their votes. Findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov
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