In The News

by Carol Brydolf, CSBA staff writer

Members of CSBA’s Superintendents Advisory Council—meeting at the association’s West Sacramento offices—had the chance to ask questions and raise specific concerns about new school safety legislation during a wide ranging discussion with the bill’s author, Sen. Ted Lieu, D-Torrance.

Officials told the site that they received a call at 5:22 PM reporting an intruder in Hilton's L.A. home. Cops rushed to the scene, but didn’t find anything amiss. The LAPD reportedly believes the call was a hoax and plan to investigate the matter.

Paris was not at home at the time of the incident. She sent an unrelated tweet from Miami just after the swatting took place.

By Rachel Reeves

The proposed state budget deprives over 400 Redondo Union High School and Redondo Shores students of vocational training opportunities accessible to them through the Southern California Regional Occupation Center, whose financial future hangs in limbo.

SoCal ROC, located in Torrance, services six school districts in the South Bay area. Photo courtesy of SoCal ROC
The center, also known as SoCal ROC or SCROC, has been providing students with free career and technical training for 46 years. Adults attend, too, but pay a quarterly fee.

Last year, a court told the state Franchise Tax Board that a tax break meant to encourage startup companies and small businesses was unconstitutional because it favored companies from one state over others. The provision allowed investors in small companies to exclude half the profits from sales of their stock from income taxes if their firms had at least 80 percent of their payroll and assets within California.

By John Schreiber