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    Op-ed / Commentary Research ● Labor Strike Unions

    Commentary LAUSD avoided a strike and now wants a state taxpayer bailout to avoid fiscal disaster

    May 1, 2026 // Caving to union demands is easy, but paying for them might prove difficult. LAUSD spends more money than it receives each year from federal, state, and local governments. They project a $1.3 billion budget deficit this year and a $1.5 billion hole in fiscal year 2027. A big reason for the deficits is that the district has too many non-teachers on its payroll. Despite losing about 75,0000 students since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, LAUSD has reduced staff by only 321 employees. Birth rates are down, families are moving out of the region, and parents are seeking other options, such as private and charter schools.

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    News Article ● Labor Strike Unions

    A California school district is having its first teachers strike in 150 years

    April 17, 2026 // Vasquez said that in the last few years the district has spent more than the revenue it had received, and used reserve funds to continue to subsidize benefits and students services.

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