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Name Change for Father Serra Park in LA Finalized

October 15, 2021 3:33 pm

Plans were further finalized on Friday to rename a part of a Los Angeles Park honoring Father Junipero Serra to another name friendlier to Native Americans. While there had been some measures to replace the statue of Father Serra in...

Mandatory High School Ethnics Studies Course Bill Signed By Governor Newsom

October 9, 2021 2:32 amOctober 8, 2021 9:33 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Friday that will require one ethnic studies course to be completed for high school graduation beginning with the class of 2030. Assembly Bill 101, authored by Assemblyman Jose Medina (D-Riverside), will have schools...

Bill To Make Native American Day A Paid State Judicial Holiday Passed in Assembly Committee

April 15, 2021 11:05 am

A bill that would make Native American Day a paid judicial holiday and remove Columbus Day as a paid holiday was passed 16-0 in the Assembly Appropriations Committee on Wednesday, sending the bill to a full Assembly Hearing. Assembly Bill...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Proclaims ‘Indigenous Peoples’ Day’ on Columbus Day

October 12, 2020 3:09 pm

Today is Columbus Day in America. For most of our history, the United States considered Columbus a man worthy of admiration. School children were taught about his important discovery of the “New World” – America. But this strange impulse to...

Gov. Newsom Signs Mandatory CSU Ethnic Studies Class Requirement Bill Into Law

August 18, 2020 3:14 pm

On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that requires all California State University students to take an ethnic studies course in order to receive an undergraduate degree. AB 1460 signed into law Assembly Bill 1460, authored by...

Mandatory Ethnic Studies Course For CSU Graduation Bill Passed By Senate

June 19, 2020 4:48 pm

‘Cal State University is today graduating students who cannot do basic algebra, supposedly a requirement for admission to the university. They also cannot compose a paragraph, much less an entire research paper. Once the CSU has figured out how to...