SAN FERNANDO VALLEY : Katz Switches Support to Breakup of School District
State Assemblyman Richard Katz, once the San Fernando Valley’s most influential opponent of breaking up the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced Friday that he is switching sides and now supports the breakup.
Katz (D-Sylmar) said he was motivated largely by his need to faithfully represent the views of his constituents, and denied changing his stand because he fears the Valley pro-breakup forces are becoming too strong for a politician to resist.
“It took me a long time to see that we have to break up the school district to save public education, but that’s the conclusion I’ve reached,” Katz said later in a phone interview.
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