The Culver City Unified School District, like many others across California, faces a serious financial crisis driven by reduced state and federal funding, the end of pandemic relief funds, lower enrollment, and other factors. Raising funds from all available sources is the only way to maintain our programs and the quality of education we expect and deserve from our schools. Here are some simple things you can do to help.

Our community showed its commitment to affordability solutions on Saturday by showing up at the Wende Museum and contributing to a vital discussion on how we make an impact for families, young people, seniors, working people, and anyone else who feels the pressure of rising costs in our day-to-day lives.

We’re using our Affordability Panel on March 14 at the Wende to spotlight opportunities in Culver City and our neighboring communities so, together, we can start to bring down the high cost-of-living for seniors, families and young people trying to build a life in our community.  Here are some of the local groups joining us on the panel and a look at how they can contribute solutions for our community.

On February 17, 2026, Culver City’s Standing Housing and Homelessness Subcommittee directed city staff to apply for grant funding that would create a Right to Counsel program for low-income tenants facing eviction. Now, Culver City has the opportunity to create the first fully operational Right to Counsel program in California.

Thank you to everyone who came out for our first Culver City Trivia Night on Feburary 24! A massive SoCulver congratulations to “Costco Dogtrack” for taking home the Culver Trivia Gold (aka. The “chill homie” trophy for nerds, pictured above). Huge thanks as well to Council Member Yasmine-Imani McMorrin for MC-ing Round 2, Industry Cafe & Jazz for hosting, and Culver City Democratic Club for greeting folks at the door and providing the opportunity to sign the billionaire tax petition.

Our Culver invites you to join us for a panel discussion of affordability options in Culver City: Saturday, March 14, 3pm-4:30pm @ Wende Museum, Glorya Kaufman Community Center Classroom.

Think you know Culver City? Test your knowledge of the city’s history, cultural landmarks, current events, and public policy. Bring a team, or join one! Culver City is made up of some rad folks, and this is a great chance to grab drinks and meet ‘em. Prizes are also handed out each round - but anyone who learns something new is a winner in our books :)

Our friends in Bike Culver City are welcoming the new City Manager Odis Jones on Thursday Feb 12 with a group bicycle ride from City Hall to his “Let’s Talk, Culver City” community meeting at El Rincon Elementary School. We’ll gather at City Hall at 5pm and end the ride by 6pm. We invite you to join us for the ride, the meeting or both!

Big news on Overland Blvd: a safer, more pleasant experience is coming for everyone who walks, bikes & drives there. The Better Overland project is moving forward after City Council voiced their support at last week’s meeting.

On Tuesday, Jan 27, the CCUSD Board of Trustees in 5-0 vote advanced a redesign of the parking lot between Farragut Elementary and CCMS/CCHS to improve safety for the increasing number of students who enter the campus from the Pedestrian Bridge/Ocean Ave and the Ballona Creek Bike Lane. The new design, which is scheduled to break ground over the summer of 2026, will include two sets of protected lanes, one for pedestrians and one for cyclists beginning at the La Ballona Creek and ending at the Elenda Ave.

For over a decade, parents and students have talked about improving safety and access to our schools along Elenda and Farragut. With thousands of students converging on the site daily, managing traffic and ensuring the safe arrival to school of every student is challenging. But the opportunity to recommend improvements to Culver City officials is finally here, starting on Nov 13.

Two local preschools are sounding the alarm as the Culver City Council considers whether relocating and nearly doubling the size of a gas station should be exempt from an environmental review process. The proposal would increase the number of gas pumps from 16 to 30 and move the gas station less than 200 feet from Morning Glory Preschool.

On Monday, the Culver City Council took its first big step in planning for the 2028 Olympics. You might know that Los Angeles will be hosting the Olympics for the first time since 1984, and now Culver City is set to be a hub of activity, centered around a “hospitality house” for the New Zealand delegation. The City Council considered the item over two meetings, with a unanimous vote on September 8 to approve New Zealand’s term sheet and a unanimous vote on September 29 to approve an agreement.

The vision of single-staircase construction is to encourage small commercial parcel-holders to improve their properties by adding housing. It’s about adding apartment units above retail shops to create “gentle density” to Culver City’s corridors, in the process creating a Town Center feel.

Join us for an amazing night of comedy, tacos, and drinks! Your donation helps support our work organizing the community to advocate for Culver City's parks, schools, affordable housing, and other progressive policies.

As schools open up to students in a week, we're happy to share that the City Council voted 5-0 to give CCUSD $2.5 million in emergency funding to help meet its minimum financial standards for the year. There’s no doubt that the hundreds of emails and messages you all sent to the City Council had an impact. Almost every speaker at the meeting, both in person and remotely, spoke in favor of the motion. Thank you.

Culver City schools need financial help and are asking our City for support. This year alone, CCUSD has eliminated 39 positions to reduce its budget deficit. Even more reductions will be necessary, but financial support from the City can lessen the extent of the cuts.

All your emails, comments, text messages, and conversations over the last few months came together last night as the City Council voted for a community budget that finally starts to fund our real priorities.

On Monday June 9, the Culver City Council will vote on the city budget, and we’re asking them to make sure the community’s voice gets heard. Whether you care about lifeguard pay, park improvements, or affordable housing, our voices are stronger together.