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Dan Walters: 2 Huge California Unions Clash Over Money, Political Clout This Election

[Noozhawk’s note: We republish news articles and commentaries from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that affect Santa Barbara County readers.] In 1863, just 13 years after California became a state, its superintendent of public instruction, John Swett, founded the California Educational Society with 100 members, all men. It was the genesis of what became the California…

by Dan Walters, CalMatters Columnist June 12, 2026 | 9:30 am