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Greenberg: Kamala’s Defeat – We Dodged A Bullet

May 17, 2025 2:55 amMay 18, 2025 8:09 am

San Francisco still stumbles under the weight of progressive policies run amok. Homeless encampments, though greatly diminished, clutter its streets, crime still erodes public safety, and surprisingly empty downtown storefronts signal economic decay. Confidence continues to wane. The 2024 presidential...

California Reparations Bill Passed in Assembly Judiciary Committee

April 23, 2025 2:45 amApril 23, 2025 2:46 am

A reparations bill aimed at giving at least 10% of funds from California Housing Finance Agency’s home purchase assistance program to qualified individuals who are descendants of formerly enslaved people continued to move up in the Assembly Judiciary Committee on...

Legislative Black Caucus Unveils 16 Reparations Bills for 2025

February 25, 2025 1:31 pmFebruary 25, 2025 1:31 pm

The California Legislative Black Caucus recently unveiled the 16 reparations bills they are attempting to pass this year in Sacramento, hoping that the effort this year will be more successful than last year when few reparations bills wound up being...

Anti-Slavery Constitutional Ballot Amendment for 2026 Bans Involuntary Servitude as Punishment

February 21, 2025 2:06 pmFebruary 21, 2025 2:06 pm

A bill to place a constitutional amendment on the ballot in 2026 to end involuntary servitude as crime punishment was reintroduced this week, as part of the reparations package. Several other reparations bills were also this week. Assembly Constitutional Amendment...

California Back With New Reparations Bill for ‘Descendants of Slaves Seeking Licenses’

February 20, 2025 2:55 amFebruary 21, 2025 7:21 am

Even after all of California Democrats’ failed attempts at reparations legislation, here comes one more… Being a descendent of a slave will get you special priority when applying for a professional license in non-slave state California. No joke. Assembly Bill...

Legal Challenges Expected over Slave Descendant Priority College Admission Bill

January 30, 2025 6:33 pmJanuary 30, 2025 6:33 pm

A bill based on a Reparations Task Force suggestion that would give admission priority to the descendants of slaves at the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) faced growing challenges this week following multiple lawyers saying that...

CA Lawmakers Look At Giving Reparations Bills Another Shot In 2025 Following Failure In 2024

December 30, 2024 4:19 pmDecember 30, 2024 4:19 pm

Reparations advocates are looking at 2025 to be the year that key reparations bills are passed, with some to pave the way for larger monetary reparations in the future. Following the George Floyd incident and a renewed call for reparations...