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Austin Michael Beutner (born April 8, 1960) is an American businessman who served as Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent from May 1, 2018 to June 30, 2021. He previously served as the first deputy mayor of Los Angeles from 2010 through 2013, and briefly ran in the 2013 Los Angeles mayoral election . Prior to entering politics, Beutner was an investment banker and would later become the publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and The San Diego Union-Tribune .

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37-498: Beutner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Austin Beutner (born 1960), American businessman, civic leader, and philanthropist Ernst H. Beutner (1923–2013), German-born microbiologist Katharine Beutner (born 1982), American novelist, essayist, and academic See also [ edit ] Beutler [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

74-587: A strike against LAUSD that lasted six days. About 30,000 teachers strike and only a third of about 500,000 students showed up to school, with the District losing $ 15 million on the first day. The strike ended after a deal between LAUSD and UTLA was reached. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic had forced the schools to shut down. Beutner developed an online platform and distributed laptops and internet service to keep students engaged in remote learning He pushed for

111-463: A bipartisan coalition of Senators in recognizing national nonprofit Vision To Learn. In 2023 Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra joined Beutner and emphasized the critical role of vision health in academic success and how programs like Vision To Learn can help address widespread disparities in access to care. In March 2016, Beutner signed an amicus brief in support of The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) expansion and

148-459: A campaign to run for Mayor of Los Angeles , but dropped from the race after a year having captured only 2% of likely voters. The election was a year away when Beutner suspended his efforts. In 2013, Beutner and former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Mickey Kantor co-chaired the 2020 Commission to study and report on the financial matters in Los Angeles. One of the report's recommendations

185-631: A group led by Beutner and Eli Broad announced their intent to purchase the Los Angeles Times from its parent Tribune Publishing . They were unsuccessful. In 2014, Beutner took over as publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times when Eddy Hartenstein left to become the non-executive chairman of the board of Tribune Publishing. When Tribune Publishing acquired the San Diego Union-Tribune in 2015, Beutner

222-420: A primetime televised address to the nation announcing DAPA. The Office of Legal Counsel advised that the program was constitutional, finding it was similar to President George H. W. Bush 's 1990 " Family Fairness " program. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson then released two memorandums directing the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to make undocumented individuals without criminal histories

259-686: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Austin Beutner Beutner was born in New York and raised in Grand Rapids , Michigan , the son of German immigrants who came to the United States in the 1920s for economic opportunity. His mother was a schoolteacher and his father was a manufacturing engineer. His mother was Jewish and his father was Roman Catholic, although he did not find out that his father's family

296-522: The Constitution and federal statutes. A temporary injunction was issued on February 16, 2015, blocking the program from going into effect while the lawsuit proceeds. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed on November 9, 2015, and a U.S. Supreme Court 4–4 split decision on June 23, 2016 effectively left the block in place. On June 15, 2017, the Trump administration announced the rescission of

333-566: The Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) which would provide relief for millions of immigrant families and their communities. On November 8, 2022, California voters approved Proposition 28: The Arts and Music in Schools Funding Guarantee and Accountability Act. The measure requires the state to establish a new, ongoing program supporting arts instruction in schools beginning in 2023–24. Beutner authored

370-726: The District Court for the Southern District of Texas asking the court to enjoin implementation of both DAPA and the DACA expansion. On February 16, 2015, Judge Andrew S. Hanen issued a preliminary injunction blocking the DAPA program from going into effect while the lawsuit proceeds. The Obama Administration appealed the order for a preliminary injunction and asked the United States Court of Appeals for

407-554: The Times won two Pulitzer Prizes — for cultural criticism and for feature writing — along with other national journalism awards for coverage of the California drought, the plight of Mexican farm workers and other stories. The California Newspaper Publishers Association awarded the Times its 2015 general excellence award. In 2016, Beutner was invited to speak about the role of the media in homeland security and his experiences in

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444-554: The rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act . The majority made a new finding that the Immigration and Nationality Act "flatly does not permit" deferred action . Judge Carolyn Dineen King dissented, arguing that prosecutorial discretion makes the case non- justiciable , and that there had been "no justification" for the circuit court's delay in ruling. On November 10, 2015,

481-411: The surname Beutner . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beutner&oldid=1064720639 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

518-633: The DAPA order. On June 27, 2013, the U.S. Senate's Gang of Eight passed their comprehensive immigration reform bill in the Senate. When pressed to take unilateral executive action to limit deportations on Univision in March 2014, President Barack Obama replied "until Congress passes a new law, then I am constrained in terms of what I am able to do." On June 9, 2014, House Whip Kevin McCarthy announced that House Republicans had enough votes to pass

555-531: The Fifth Circuit in New Orleans to stay the district court's injunction pending appeal. On May 26, 2015, the administration's motion for a stay was denied by a three member motions panel with one dissent, meaning that the government could not implement DAPA until the Fifth Circuit ruled on the appeal of the injunction order itself. That ruling came on November 9, 2015, with a three-member panel of

592-509: The Fifth Circuit affirming the district court's preliminary injunction, with one dissent. The divided circuit court affirmed the preliminary injunction and ordered the case back to the district court for trial. Judge Jerry Edwin Smith , joined by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod agreed with the district court that Texas has standing because of the cost of issuing drivers licenses to undocumented residents, and that President Obama's order violated

629-564: The Justice Department announced it would ask the Supreme Court to reverse. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attempted to prolong consideration of the case until the next October term but the Supreme Court only granted him an eight-day extension to file his opposition brief. The Justice Department further hastened the case by waiving its right to file a reply brief. On January 19, 2016 the Supreme Court agreed to review

666-544: The Los Angeles Downtown News journal recognized Beutner "as a visionary with extensive political and business connections." Deferred Action for Parents of Americans Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents ( DAPA ), sometimes called Deferred Action for Parental Accountability , was a planned United States immigration policy to grant deferred action status to certain undocumented immigrants who have lived in

703-629: The Treasury Roger Altman . When Evercore went public (NYES-EVR) in 2006, the IPO reportedly made Beutner more than $ 100 million. After the fall of the Soviet Union, Beutner went to work for the U.S. State Department . The Clinton administration tapped him to lead a team into Russia and help transition them from communism to a free-market economy, including the decommission of weapons and other material. In January 2010, Beutner

740-546: The United States are potentially eligible for DAPA, around 766,000 in just five counties : Los Angeles and Orange in California, Harris and Dallas in Texas, and Cook in Illinois. The President's program, when combined with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , would have delayed deportation of slightly less than half of the 11 million people in the United States who are undocumented. More than 10 million people in

777-536: The United States reside in a household with at least one adult who would have been eligible for DAPA, with two thirds of those adults having lived in the United States for 10 years or more. Over half of the undocumented population eligible for the President's delayed deportation live in California , Texas , and New York . On December 3, 2014, Texas and 25 other states, all with Republican governors, sued in

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814-491: The United States reside in a household with at least one adult who would have been eligible for DAPA, with two thirds of those adults having lived in the United States for 10 years or more. Over half of undocumented residents eligible for the President's delayed deportation live in California , Texas , and New York . The program was challenged in federal court by 26 states. Of the 3.6 million undocumented parents eligible for DAPA, 2.2 million reside in states that did not join

851-415: The United States since 2010 and have children who are either American citizens or lawful permanent residents . It was prevented from going into effect. Deferred action would not be legal status but would come with a three-year renewable employment authorization document ( work permit ) and exemption from deportation . DAPA was a presidential executive action, not a law passed by Congress. The program

888-558: The bill and spent nearly $ 4.2 million of his own money to support the bill. Hollywood entertainers and "A" list actors supported Prop 28. Californians overwhelmingly passed Proposition 28, which will bring a windfall of arts education funding to California schools. After graduating in 1982 he went to work at Smith Barney as a financial analyst. At the age of 29, he became partner at The Blackstone Group . In 1996 Beutner co-founded Evercore Partners , an American independent investment banking advisory firm, with former Deputy Secretary of

925-697: The bill. However, the next day House Majority Leader Eric Cantor lost his primary election, so on June 30, Speaker John Boehner announced that he would not bring the bill to a vote. That same day, President Obama delivered remarks in the White House Rose Garden promising to "fix as much of our immigration system as I can on my own, without Congress." Over the next eight months the Obama Administration went through sixty iterations of different possible executive actions. Finally, on November 20, 2014, President Obama delivered

962-493: The case. The Court took the unusual step of asking for briefing on the new constitutional question of whether DAPA violates the Take Care Clause . On June 23, 2016, the Supreme Court announced it had deadlocked 4–4 in a decision that read, in its entirety, "The judgement is affirmed by an equally divided court." The ruling set no precedent and simply leaves in place the lower court's preliminary injunction blocking

999-785: The commencement address to the 2016 graduating class of the USC Price School of Public Policy . Beutner is married to Virginia Woltz Beutner. They have 4 children. In 1994 Austin Beutner founded The Beutner Family Foundation with a focus on philanthropy and education for economically disadvantaged people. In 2012 Beutner founded Vision to Learn , a; non-profit that provides children with free eye exams and free glasses by bringing its mobile eye clinics to schools and to other neighborhood youth and community organizations. Since 2012 Vision To Learn has helped more than 100,000 school kids with free eye exams and glasses. In 2019 U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led

1036-401: The lowest priority for removal, and to grant deferred action to undocumented immigrants who are the parents of a U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident . The President's program, when combined with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals , would have delayed deportation of slightly less than half of the 11 million undocumented people in the United States. More than 10 million people in

1073-645: The media and public service at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security . His keynote address was published in Watermark , the quarterly magazine of the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School – Center for Homeland Defense and Security. In September 2017, Beutner was the keynote speaker of the Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Officers Association and United Firefighters of Los Angeles City first Leadership Symposium. In 2018,

1110-492: The program. Although initially believed that the case could reach the Supreme Court again after Judge Hanen has held a trial, such hopes were dashed by President Trump's rescission of the DACA memo and the subsequent voluntary dismissal by Plaintiffs in the underlying district court action. On January 15, 2015, the Migration Policy Institute estimated that about 3.7 million unauthorized immigrants in

1147-430: The schools to become vaccination sites and for the district to do testing on students and faculty. Beutner also led one of the largest food distribution programs during covid. Beutner introduced Primary Promise which provides K-3 students with the individual attention they need to learn to read and help students build a foundation in math. In 2021, Beutner announced that he would step down on June 30. In March 2013,

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1184-455: The task force with SEIU President Laphonza Butler . "We are here to support Michelle King, and offer suggestions," Beutner said in an interview with LA School Report . On May 1, 2018, the Board appointed Austin Beutner and was met with criticism by United Teachers Los Angeles , who said that Beutner did not have any experience managing a school or a school district. In 2019, UTLA authorized

1221-675: Was Christian until he was an adult. He is a graduate of East Grand Rapids High School , and graduated from Dartmouth College with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. Beutner has lectured at the University of Southern California Bedrosian Center on Governance, the UCLA Anderson School of Management , and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . Beutner is a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School . In 2016, Beutner gave

1258-423: Was announced on November 20, 2014 by President Barack Obama , along with a number of immigration reform steps including increased resources for border enforcement, new procedures for high-skilled immigrants, and an expansion of the existing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Several U.S. states filed lawsuits against the federal government on December 3, 2014, arguing that DAPA violates

1295-535: Was appointed by Antonio Villaraigosa to be the first deputy mayor of Los Angeles, with oversight of twelve city agencies, including the Port of Los Angeles , Department of Water and Power and the Housing Authority, with over 17,000 employees. As deputy mayor he focused on making the city more business-friendly and streamlining permitting processes. In 2013, with Villaraigosa's term ending, Beutner launched

1332-578: Was named its CEO and publisher, as well as CEO of the newly formed California News Group. He was fired as publisher and chief executive officer of the Los Angeles Times on September 8, 2015. He wrote on Facebook that the dismissal was not voluntary: "I am not departing by choice, nor is this some 'mutual agreement' on my part and Tribune Publishing". Beutner's firing was protested by a number of prominent community leaders. Media analyst Ken Doctor called Beutner's departure "a small tragedy for American journalism." During Beutner's 13 months as publisher,

1369-733: Was to reform the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) . In 2016 Beutner and Kantor penned an op-ed in the Los Angeles Times aimed at bringing about reform and changes to the DWP, noting that "The city deserves a public utility that is operated in the long-term best interests of its customers, employees and our environment." In July 2017, Buetner created a task force for the Los Angeles Unified School District to look for solutions for declining attendance and other problems. Beutner co-chairs

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