The California Legislative Black Caucus reflected on the death of George Floyd and urged the passage of several bills intended to address inequality in the state.
. The 1996 ballot measure prohibited discrimination or preferential treatment by public institutions on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in employment, education or contracting.
Opponents of the original ban on affirmative action in California point to data on gender and ethnic disparity in civil service, lower representations of African Americans and Latinos in public universities and similar inequities in state contracts. If passed by the Legislature, ACA 5 would ask voters to repeal the law.would restore voting rights to felons serving parole. California law prohibits felons from voting during their parole but allows them to cast ballots if they are on probation.
“This is a relic of Jim Crow laws,” McCarty said at the news conference Tuesday. “And it’s time to get rid of this policy as many states [in the country] have already done so.”as a key proposal. The bill would create an eight-member task force to study the impacts of slavery in California and develop proposals for potential reparations.
Also introduced by Weber, the bill gives the Senate and Assembly three appointees each and asks the governor to fill two slots, ultimately selecting a bipartisan mix of lawmakers and representatives of major civil society and reparations organizations to serve. Among the group’s duties would be to recommend a form of compensation and who would be eligible.
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