Early charter schools in Los Angeles were approved at a time when the district was bursting at the seams, and the new schools served as a pressure valve for a struggling, overcrowded district. That’s no longer the case, however. The number of K-12 students in the area LAUSD serves is declining as families are priced out of the city, yet new charters are still being approved, as mandated by state law.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times