Lance Christensen – California Globe

Gov. Newsom’s Office Continues to Fib About Fast Food Job Losses – Claims Job Gains

August 20, 2024 11:27 amAugust 21, 2024 4:23 pm

The Globe received another of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s PR flaks’ gloating emails still claiming that fast food jobs are up in California – even with the $20 per hour wage going into effect April 2024. In June, the Globe reported...

Gov. Newsom’s ‘Mischaracterized’ Fast Food Job Statistics – Good Enough for Government Work?

June 28, 2024 11:05 amJune 29, 2024 11:16 am

Earlier in June, the Globe reported that California has lost just under 10,000 fast food jobs since the new $20 minimum wage for fast food employees was first signed into law late last year, according to the California Business and...

Gov. Newsom Signs Bill Banning Public School Suspensions for ‘Willful Defiance’

October 11, 2023 8:21 amOctober 12, 2023 3:35 pm

While Governor Gavin Newsom’s children attend an exclusive private school in Sacramento, he just signed SB 274 by Sen. Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley), which bans school suspensions for “willful defiance.” SB 274 “extends the ban on suspending a student on the...

CA State Schools Superintendent Escorted Out of School Board Meeting By Security

July 21, 2023 10:50 amJuly 21, 2023 10:54 am

A large audience of parents and concerned community members cajoled California State Superintendent of Schools, Tony Thurmond, as he was ejected from a Chino Valley Unified School District meeting yesterday evening. Thurmond was present at the Chino Valley school board...

The Curious Case of CA Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond and Daniel Lee

May 23, 2023 3:59 pmMay 24, 2023 6:19 am

In 2021 (or thereabouts), California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond had an idea – let’s form an Office of Equity in the California Department of Education, or CDE. Thurmond also knew the perfect person to run said office...

GLOBE EXCLUSIVE: Empower Schools to Fund the Arts, Don’t Mandate It

October 22, 2022 2:45 amOctober 22, 2022 7:39 am

Californians rightly want their children’s schools to have vibrant arts and music programs. As a father of five, I’m right there with them. I absolutely think that we should be funding arts and music programs a lot more than we...

Globe Exclusive: Schools Superintendent Candidate Lance Christensen Debunks Editorial Board

October 12, 2022 2:40 amOctober 14, 2022 6:52 am

In March, in a Globe exclusive, Lance Christensen announced his candidacy for California State Superintendent of Public Instruction. “What would a kids-first audit of the education code look like?” he asked. Indeed. That is his priority. Lance Christensen, father of five,...