SAN FERNANDO VALLEY : Teachers Union Refuses to Endorse Beilenson

California’s second-largest teachers union has refused to endorse Rep. Anthony C. Beilenson (D-Los Angeles) in the June 2 Democratic primary, labeling as “cheap politics” his support of a proposal to deny U.S. citizenship to American-born children of illegal immigrants.

But the president of the California Federation of Teachers left open the possibility that the 35,000-member union may endorse Beilenson, a longtime ally, in the November general election.

The union voted Sunday to withhold its endorsement from Beilenson, a liberal facing a difficult reelection fight in a new, more conservative district spanning the west San Fernando Valley and part of Ventura County.