California Proposal Could Bring Back Affirmative Action (1)

The California Assembly on Wednesday passed a proposed constitutional amendment to toss a decades-old affirmative action ban during nationwide protests over racial inequality and police brutality sparked by the death of George Floyd in the custody of Minneapolis police.

The measure (ACA 5) would strike language that was added to the state constitution after a majority of Californians voted for Proposition 209 in 1996. Lawmakers advanced the amendment 58-9 on party lines, reaching the two-thirds majority threshold to send it to the state Senate, where it must also pass with two-thirds of the vote before a June 25 ...