The City Council will vote on Monday, July 13, 2026 to add the “Culver City Public Schools Excellence in Education Act of 2026” on the ballot for November. The progressive parcel tax measure that was brought in with an all-volunteer effort has met the approval of the County, and must receive a four-fifths approval by the council.
The steering committee for the Excellence For Culver City Schools included Amy Hee Kim, Anna Kosoff, Daniel Selz, Darrel Menthe, Ji Young Denick, Paul Zagala and Ross Piro.
The idea for a sliding scale parcel tax was modeled on similar measures passed in Alameda and Berkeley. The call for “stable, locally controlled funding” for the Culver City Unified School District is in response to the historically low funding that our schools get from the state, and the massive cuts to education being put into place at the federal level.
As with previous parcel taxes, there is an ‘opt-out’ for seniors, so that people over 65 can choose to exempt their property.
Judith Martin-Straw
