Lance Izumi – California Globe

California Makes History: America 250 Lights Up the State Capitol

July 3, 2026 7:00 amJuly 3, 2026 9:14 am

On the evening of July 1, California made history on the West Steps of the State Capitol. Hosted by Assemblyman Jeff Gonzalez (R-Indio) and his staff, alongside members of the newly formed California Legislative Veteran Caucus, the America 250 Capitol...

Newsom and California Democrats Scheme To Defang State Schools Chief, Anticipating Republican Win

July 1, 2026 2:17 pmJuly 3, 2026 11:58 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Democrats slipped a gut-and-amend bill into the budget to strip power from the elected State Schools Superintendent and instead create a new commissioner position for a Governor appointed politician, taking all power away from the...

Classrooms First: California Must Stop Feeding Bureaucracy and Start Funding Teachers and Students

April 8, 2026 9:00 amApril 8, 2026 9:01 am

California pours enormous resources into public education from Transitional Kindergarten through community college, the TK-14 system. Proposition 98 guarantees roughly $125.5 billion in recent years for TK-12 and community colleges, with total TK-12 spending (all sources) approaching $149 billion annually....

San Francisco School Board Reverses 12-Year ‘Equity’ Math Experiment

March 26, 2026 1:17 pmMarch 26, 2026 1:24 pm

In a 4-3 vote Tuesday night, the San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education finally admitted defeat and reinstated Algebra I as a standard eighth-grade course offering — ending a notorious 12-year DEI experiment that delayed advanced math for...

23 Governors Say No to Trump’s School Choice Scholarships

January 30, 2026 9:00 amJanuary 31, 2026 1:31 pm

The good news is that 27 governors have joined President Donald Trump’s School Choice Scholarships, making available scholarships for millions of kids without impacting public school funding. However, the bad news is 23 governors haven’t and probably won’t opt in,...

Newsom’s Proposed Education Budget: ‘Big Spending, Little Results’

January 19, 2026 11:55 amJanuary 19, 2026 11:55 am

“Overwhelmingly, schools named for Dr. King fail to meet basic academic benchmarks established by the state for Reading and Math,” Gloria Romero reports at the Globe on Martin Luther King Day 2026. Coinciding with MLK Day 2026, and Gloria Romero’s...

California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Fairytale State of the State

January 8, 2026 3:56 pmJanuary 11, 2026 9:57 pm

“Was that a State of the State address, or the opening act of a campaign speech?” California State Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) asked, following Governor Gavin Newsom’s final State of the State address. “Californians want honesty and accountability, not...