From save our state to sanctuary, California's immigration views have shifted dramatically

From save our state to sanctuary, California's immigration views have shifted dramatically

In summary California voted to bar immigrants from schools and social services in 1994. Now most Californians see immigrants as a benefit to the state. In 1994, a 26-year-old Alex Padilla, sporting a newly minted engineering degree from MIT, was back at home living with his parents in the San Fernando Valley when that fall’s most heated ballot measure campaign dragged him into a life of politics. Proposition 187, the Save Our State initiative, w…