Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti endorsed Steve Zimmer for L.A. Unified Board of Education today.
Garcetti's spokeswoman, Julie Wong, said her boss was backing Zimmer in the race to replace Marlene Canter in the Westside/District 4 board seat.
The eastern edge of the school board district -- which runs from Westchester north to the southwest San Fernando Valley, and east into Hollywood -- overlaps with the western side of Garcetti's Hollywood/Silver Lake/Echo Park-based council district.
The board race was last week narrowed to two candidates, both LAUSD high school school teachers. Zimmer is known for community work at and around Marshall High School, and he's been endorsed by United Teachers Los Angeles.
His opponent, Mike Stryer, is a teacher at Fairfax High with a business background.
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