US EditionCalifornia’s Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals
Governor Newsom approved $6 million for a reparations study and a bureau to verify descendants of enslaved people but vetoed bills on admissions preferences and housing aid.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would allow schools to give special admissions consideration to descendants of slavery, citing its unnecessary nature.
- The bill passed the Assembly with a vote of 55-18 and the Senate with 30-10, supported by the University of California Student Association and the California Faculty Association.
- Democrat Assemblyman Isaac Bryan, the bill's author, expressed disappointment over the veto and emphasized the need to protect students descended from legacies of harm and exclusion.
- Newsom recently approved a state agency to administer reparations and signed a bill for the California State University system to establish procedures for identifying descendants of slavery.
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Newsom backs $6M slavery descendant study, vetoes other reparations bills
People listen during a rally in support of reparations for Black Americans in San Francisco. (File photo by Eric Risberg/Associated Press) Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black Americans. He signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of …
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Newsom Rejects Preference Bill for Slave Descendants
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have permitted schools to give slave descendants special consideration in admissions. Newsom said the bill was “unnecessary.” “These institutions already have the authority to determine whether to provide admissions preferences like this one, and accordingly, this bill is unnecessary,” Newsom said in his veto. “I encourage the institutions referenced in this bill to review and determine h…
Newsom vetoes bill that would have granted priority college admission for descendants of slavery
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed public and private colleges to provide preferential admissions to applicants directly descended from individuals who were enslaved in the United States before 1900.
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California's Newsom signs a reparations study law but vetoes other racial justice proposals
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of an enslaved person.
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