Category: 2001 Recall

  • Rick Ledesma, Longtime Teachers Union Supporter

    Rick Ledesma, Longtime Teachers Union Supporter

    Rick Ledesma has been a longtime supporter of the teachers’ union during the more than three decades since he was first elected to the OUSD Board in 1993. Despite posturing by 2024 No on Recall campaign that Mr. Ledesma has always been anti-union, Mr. Ledesma has been quoted as a strong supporter of the teachers’…

  • Is Yes on Recall primarily funded by unions?

    Is Yes on Recall primarily funded by unions?

    No, unions have contributed 20% of total donations to Yes on Recall. By contrast, 71% of the donations to No on Recall are from outside of OUSD per self-reported addresses. This includes the Lincoln Club of Orange County drawing almost entirely from South OC, which has donated more to No on Recall than the unions…

  • OUSD 2001 successful recall election

    OUSD 2001 successful recall election

    In addition to the 2024 recall, OUSD had a recall in 2001 that recalled Martin Jacobson, Maureen Aschoff, and Linda Davis from the OUSD Board. In their place, Kathy Moffat, Melissa Taylor Smith, and John Ortega were installed as OUSD Trustees as a result of the 2001 recall, as the LA Times reported. Cal State…