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New California bill aims to eliminate racial and other biases in hiring
Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer and Sen. Lena Gonzalez have introduced the TECH Act to take racial bias out of hiring. – Photo: California Black Media by Tanu Henry, California Black Media Imagine...
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Black Caucus introduces bill to overturn Prop 209
Assemblymember Shirley Weber, D-San Diego, announces the introduction of the California Act for Economic Prosperity or ACA 5 at a March 10 press conference in the Capitol backed by other legislators...
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ACA 5 to reinstate affirmative action moves to Appropriations Committee
At the March 10 press conference to announce the filing of ACA 5 to return affirmative action to California are, at the podium, Vincent Pan, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action,...
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Nixing prison time for certain crimes among proposed changes to California...
SB 81 and 82 would reform the state’s use of sentencing enhancements that add years to prison sentences and reform a 150-year-old law that gives prosecutors the ability to classify a petty theft...
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Come July, California will swap juvenile jails for reform-minded rehab centers
The carceral system “was designed to incarcerate anyone who’s impoverished or of color in this country. “We often hear that the system is broken; it’s not. It’s doing exactly what it was meant to do,”...
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Senate passes four major bills cosponsored by SF DA Chesa Boudin
AB 127 holds police accountable; SB 739 provides basic income to youth aging out of foster care; SB 299 and SB 710 expand police victims’ rights, support police accountability and promote fairness in...
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California’s stolen Black land: Bruce’s Beach, Folsom, Allensworth, the Fillmore
After Charles and Willa Bruce bought the seaside land in 1912 for $1,225, they founded operating Bruce’s Lodge, a thriving Black resort which included boarding space, an entertainment facility, a café...
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Second Reparations Task Force meeting calls for more voices of Black...
On July 9, 2021, California’s Reparations Task Force held its second meeting in which they discussed a way forward that would include all of California’s Black voices. by Antonio Ray Harvey,...
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