The district reported that 8,642 teachers crossed picket lines, and public rhetoric by both sides was critical and intense.

[8] Though teachers were also striking to highlight issues like demands for pay raises, public discussion became predominantly focused on the union's opposition to charter schools.

[11] A fact-finding report failed to resolve matters and UTLA stated that a strike would proceed on January 10, 2019.

[12] The school district attempted to stop the strike on legal grounds, but a judge allowed it to proceed.

[13] 30,000 teachers walked out of class and onto the picket line in what became the first such strike in Los Angeles in thirty years,[14] which would last six days.