Aarika Rhodes is an elementary school teacher running for California’s 32nd congressional district, which is comprised of numerous San Fernando Valley communities such as Encino and Woodland Hills as well as coastal communities such as Malibu and Pacific Palisades.
The great Maya Angelou said, “Hope is born again in the faces of children.” This sentiment should be a guiding theme throughout school districts nationwide, especially the Inglewood Unified School District (IUSD).
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the California Coastal Commission are trying to determine if any laws were broken. They are also trying to determine the extent of the damage to the overall plant population, which consists of just a dozen colonies, all in the mountains surrounding the Los Angeles Basin.