San Francisco mayor: recalled school board members were distracted by politics

Voters overwhelmingly approved the recall of board president Gabriela López, vice-president Faauuga Moliga and commissioner Alison Collins.

The board was enveloped in controversy over Covid regulations and closures; an attempt to rename 44 schools deemed to be named for figures linked to racism, sexism and other injustices, among them Abraham Lincoln; and remarks by Collins about Asian Americans.

Breed sidestepped suggestions the recall showed voters rejecting progressive policies.

School boards have become battlegrounds across the US, often as conservative parents and activists look to control what children are taught and how schools deal with Covid.