Prop. 209 – California Globe

A Desperate Measure Cloaked in Science: The Left’s Latest Attempt to Overturn Proposition 209

July 10, 2023 3:15 amJuly 10, 2023 3:16 am

The opponents of Proposition 209 — the proposition that amended the California constitution to ban racial preferences — are at it again. After losing their campaign to defeat Prop 209 in 1996, the proponents of race-based affirmative action spent the next two...

Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling a Win for America But not for California Progressives

July 7, 2023 2:55 amJuly 7, 2023 2:56 am

Justices Roberts, Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanagh and Barrett have delivered the American people a wonderful Independence Day gift with their majority opinion in Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard College and the University of North Carolina. The ruling overturns...

California’s Major Role In The Birth, And Death, Of Affirmative Action

June 29, 2023 12:58 pmJune 29, 2023 12:58 pm

The Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina ruling by the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday, in which it was ruled that affirmative action programs in college admissions processes are unconstitutional, capped off a 45-year legal battle over...

Elite Lowell School Back in the News

November 29, 2022 2:45 amNovember 28, 2022 8:19 pm

This is Part II of a series reporting on San Francisco’s prestigious Lowell High School as it returns to merit-based admissions. In June of this year I reported on the decision of the San Francisco United School District Board which...

Bill To Give Additional Education Funds To Lowest Performing Subgroup Halted Over Prop 209 Violations

September 3, 2022 2:30 amSeptember 2, 2022 9:35 pm

A bill proposing to give additional funding to students in the lowest performing subgroup was pulled only hours before voting ended early Thursday due to Governor Gavin Newsom dropping support over concerns that it would violate state law under Proposition...

SF School Board’s Fast-Track Resolution to Eliminate Merit-Based Admission to Lowell High School

February 10, 2021 6:17 pmFebruary 12, 2021 11:28 am

San Francisco’s controversial Board of Education voted this week to end merit-based admission to Lowell High School, a top academic high school, and the city’s No. 1 public high school. “Lowell has stood out as a beacon of academic excellence...

56% of Californians Vote Against Proposition 16

November 4, 2020 6:37 pmNovember 5, 2020 11:51 am

On Tuesday, voters across California voted against Proposition 16, continuing the ban on affirmative action in California As of 5:00 PM Wednesday, No votes have tallied 56% against Prop 16 with over 71% of the vote counted, creating what political...