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The 19th: Three school board members moved this California district to the far right. Women lead the effort to recall them.

Rally for a recall campaign

People For Campaign Grandparents For Truth is referenced in this description of the political climate in Temecula Valley Unified School District.

When Monica La Combe first moved to Temecula, she gave little thought to the school system in the Southern California city 60 miles north of San Diego.

“We didn’t know anything about the schools,” said La Combe, now a 22-year Temecula resident. “We bought the house because it was an affordable place to live. We paid into the school district for, like, 10 years before we could even access any of their services.”

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In August, One Temecula Valley PAC took part in a press conference and rally for the recall campaign with community leaders and Grandparents for Truth, a project of People for the American Way (PFAW), a national progressive advocacy organization that fights authoritarianism. About 1.5 million people belong to PFAW, including many grandparents, according to Alana Byrd, the organization’s national field director. That includes Holly Hall, a 71-year-old Temecula grandmother of four and retired special education teacher who spoke at the recall launch event. 

Read the full article at The 19th.