EdSource

A Town’s Library Fight Spotlights Inequities

Emma Gallegos, Zaidee Stavely, Coby McDonald

A California town’s library was about to be turned into a police station before EdSource’s explanatory reporting showed it wasn’t underused, just underfunded. The series prompted the library to expand hours from two to five days a week, with the support of a taxpayer group that previously opposed additional county funding. Because that local library was not alone in its plight, EdSource was invited to share its findings on a series of panels across the country.