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After campus protests, California considers bills on genocide education, protest restrictions, DEI training
The bills, which were opposed by several pro-Palestinian groups, will move on for debate this month and would affect campus protests, require Holocaust and genocide teachings in schools and antisemitism lessons at colleges with diversity, equity and inclusion training.
Key CA reparations bills clear major hurdle, head for full floor vote
Four key reparations bills passed out of committees on Thursday and are headed for full floor votes in the coming weeks. The bills are part of an effort to begin correcting the harms of slavery and decades of discrimination carried out by the State of California.SB 1403, SB 1050, and SB 1331, previously passed by the California Senate, made it out of the Assembly appropriations committee on Thursday.Senate Bill 1403 would create the California Freedmen Affairs Agency. This agency would oversee and administer any reparations measures passed by the legislature.SB 1050 would require the California Freedmen Affairs Agency to compensate...
$12M Clif Bar class action settlement
Consumers could benefit from a $12 million Clif Bar settlement if they purchased bars with exaggerated nutrition claims. The settlement benefits consumers who purchased certain Clif Bar products between April 19, 2014, and March 31, 2023, for California and New York residents or between March 31, 2019, and March 31, 2023, for consumers outside California and New York.
Born to Afghan refugees, Bay Area DNC delegate shares why he's voting for Kamala Harris
In one week, Vice President Kamala Harris will accept the likely nomination for president at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.The largest group of delegates will be from California, her home state. Among them are many from the Bay Area.When asked who he is voting for, Harris Mojadedi replies: "I am proud to cast my vote for the next president of the United States, Kamala D. Harris."Born in the East Bay to Afghan refugees, Mojadedi, who is Muslim, South Asian and an LGBTQ activist, sets off on Sunday for Democratic National Convention in Chicago.Mojadedi, who is assistant dean of Student...
California Public School teachers don't get paid family leave. After Newsom vetoed a bill to change that, lawmakers are trying again.
As a new school year begins, lawmakers are again trying to give public school teachers paid family leave.Supporters believe the benefit will help attract and retain high-quality teachers in the face of an increasing shortage. But critics worry that the bill—which has widespread support among the Democratic majority in the Legislature and is a priority for the Legislative Women's Caucus—could come at the actual expense of students. The union-backed bill, authored by the Democratic Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, would give teachers 14 weeks of fully paid leave after having a baby, paid for by school districts through existing state funding.Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar...
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