In the latest salvo in a battle between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the president of the Temecula Valley Unified School District over a banned book, Newsom announced Thursday that the state will purchase the book for district students if the board does not ensure that students have sufficient material before the start of the school year on Aug. 14.
The feud between the district and Newsom began last month when the school board voted to ban a social studies book because it referenced LGBTQ+ activist Harvey Milk.
"Cancel culture has gone too far in Temecula: radicalized zealots on the school board rejected a textbook used by hundreds of thousands of students and now children will begin the school year without the tools they need to learn," Newsom said Thursday in a release.
