SAN FRANCISCO — Balancing competing needs seemed to be on the California Supreme Court’s collective mind during oral arguments Tuesday — as in balancing unions’ free-speech rights with school districts’ desires to remain above the fray of partisan politics.
In a case of first impression in California courts, the justices were asked to decide whether state law allows school districts to prohibit unions from placing newsletters in faculty mailboxes to inform members — mostly teachers, but also clerical workers, bus drivers and others — about political candidates and ballot initiatives.
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