California Governor Gavin Newsom has rejected Assembly Bill 7, which sought to grant admissions preferences to descendants of ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed preferential college admissions to descendants of enslaved persons. The proposal arose as California continues its process of ...

Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Jefferson Park, speaks about his reparations bill on the Assembly floor on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed measures with potential economic benefits.

Newsom vetoed bills to give descendants of slaves more opportunity for university admission, home-buying and professional licenses.

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Cryer credited CLBC member Sen. Laura Richardson (D Inglewood) for working with the reparations advocacy organization Coalition for a Just and Equitable California (CJEC) to support Senate Bill 515, ...

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed Assembly Bill 62, which would have established a process for victims of racially motivated eminent domain to seek restitution, citing the state Civil Rights Department's ...

Gavin Newsom has signed Senate Bill (SB) 518, landmark legislation creating California’s Bureau for Descendants of American Slavery — the first state agency in the nation dedicated to implementing ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed public and private colleges to provide preferential ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom of California vetoed bills that would have provided tangible benefits to those descendants, though he approved a state agency to determine who qualifies for potential reparations. By ...

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. But ...