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California Reparations Bill Suffers Final Blow

California Governor Gavin Newsom has rejected Assembly Bill 7, which sought to grant admissions preferences to descendants of ...
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill Allowing College Admission Preference For Descendants Of Enslaved People

The post California Gov. Gavin Newsom Vetoes Bill Allowing College Admission Preference For Descendants Of Enslaved People ...

Governor Newsom Draws Line On Reparations: Approves Study, Vetoes College Preference For Slave Descendants

Newsom nixed a bill for special admission consideration to slave descendants but approved a $6 million study toward ...
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California lawmakers pass bill to grant priority college admission for descendants of slavery

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) speaks on a bill at the Capitol in Sacramento in 2023. (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) State lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan that would allow ...
The College Fix

Newsom says colleges should give preference to slave descendants

Governor Gavin Newsom suggests California universities explore giving preferential treatment to descendants of slaves but ...

Gavin Newsom Vetoes ‘Unnecessary’ California Reparations Bill

California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill aimed at allowing universities to give the descendants of slaves special ...
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PHOTO ESSAY: Young California inmates learn skills to fight wildfires

Inmate firefighters in California will receive higher pay and the state will make permanent firefighting camps that train and ...

'We can do better': Calif.'s incarcerated firefighters just got a nearly 700% raise

On Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a new law that gives incarcerated firefighters a major wage increase. The new law will ...