Three left-wing members of the San Francisco school board were overwhelmingly voted out of office on Tuesday in the city's first successful recall election in nearly 40 years.
What are the details?
San Francisco school board president Gabriela López and members Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga will be removed from the board after city voters made their voices heard.
Election returns showed that 78.5% of voters supporting removing Collins, 74.9% of voters supported removing López, and 72% of voters supported removing Moliga.
Mayor London Breed (D) supported the recall effort and celebrated the outcome.
"The voters of this City have delivered a clear message that the School Board must focus on the essentials of delivering a well-run school system above all else," Breed said in a statement. "San Francisco is a city that believes in the value of big ideas, but those ideas must be built on the foundation of a government that does the essentials well."
Three left-wing members of the San Francisco school board were overwhelmingly voted out of office on Tuesday in the city's first successful recall election in nearly 40 years.
What are the details?
San Francisco school board president Gabriela López and members Alison Collins and Faauuga Moliga will be removed from the board after city voters made their voices heard.
Election returns showed that 78.5% of voters supporting removing Collins, 74.9% of voters supported removing López, and 72% of voters supported removing Moliga.
Mayor London Breed (D) supported the recall effort and celebrated the outcome.
"The voters of this City have delivered a clear message that the School Board must focus on the essentials of delivering a well-run school system above all else," Breed said in a statement. "San Francisco is a city that believes in the value of big ideas, but those ideas must be built on the foundation of a government that does the essentials well."
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