Alison Collins – California Globe

San Francisco School Board Recall Leader Autumn Looijen Enters Supervisor Race

March 11, 2024 5:29 pmMarch 11, 2024 5:29 pm

San Francisco Supervisor Dean Preston was challenged for his District 5 Supervisor seat on Monday by organizer and activist Autumn Looijen, who helped lead the successful 2022 recall of three San Francisco School Board members. As extensively covered by the...

Former San Francisco School Board Member Opens Private School

August 11, 2023 4:51 pmAugust 11, 2023 4:51 pm

Former San Francisco School Board Member Ann Hsu unveiled this week her new private school, the Bertrand Hsu Academy, which is due to open next month – less than a year after losing her seat in the 2022 election. In...

New Report Found SF Teacher Was Suspended For Discriminating Against White Students

June 16, 2023 2:30 amJune 16, 2023 2:31 am

Reports of a major discrimination case at Lowell High School in the San Francisco school district last year surfaced on Thursday when a Fox News Digital request for documents via the California Public Records Act was granted. Allegations said a...

California Recalls, Recall Signature Gathering Continues Into 2023

January 3, 2023 2:30 amJanuary 3, 2023 6:56 am

In the last five years, California has seen such a flurry of recall activity that no other state even comes close. In 2018, State Senator Josh Newman was recalled over his vote in Sacramento over the gas tax, while Santa...

Elite Lowell School Back in the News

November 29, 2022 2:45 amNovember 28, 2022 8:19 pm

This is Part II of a series reporting on San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School as it returns to merit-based admissions. In June of this year I reported on the decision of the San Francisco United School District Board which...

Ousted Former SF School Board President Gabriela Lopez Files To Run Again

August 12, 2022 12:10 pm

Former San Francisco School Board President Gabriela Lopez, who was among three School Board members ousted in the February recall election, announced on Friday that she will be running again for the Board. Lopez, a long-time teacher, was elected as...

SF School Board Member Ann Hsu Admonished Over Perceived Racist Remarks

August 4, 2022 2:30 amAugust 3, 2022 9:48 pm

During a chaotic San Francisco Board of Education meeting on Tuesday that had to be recessed at times due to members of the public shouting and even fighting each other at times, School Board member Ann Hsu was formally admonished...