NAACP urges Legislature to approve reparations bills – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

NAACP urges Legislature to approve reparations bills – Los Angeles Wave Newspaper Group

Students from UCLA visit the State Capitol earlier this year to show support for the reparative justice bills SB 518 and SB 437, authored by state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson. The bills are being held up in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. Photo by Antonio Ray Harvey By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌Contributing WriterSACRAMENTO — The California-Hawaii State Conference of the NAACP is urging the Legislature to pass two reparations bills authored …