SB 1050 – California Globe

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...

New Bill Introduced to Give Admission Priority for Slave Descendants At UC, CSU

December 2, 2024 5:06 pmDecember 2, 2024 5:06 pm

Efforts to add more reparations laws to the books in California in 2025 began on Monday when Assemblyman Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) introduced a new bill based on a Reparations Task Force suggestion that would give admission priority to the...

Gov. Newsom Vetoes Eminent Domain Reparations Bill

September 26, 2024 8:00 amSeptember 26, 2024 10:12 am

Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Wednesday that would have given black families a way to either get land back or compensation for land wrongfully taken because of racially motivated means. Senate Bill 1050, authored by Senator Steven Bradford...

Reparations Property Restoration Bill In Jeopardy Following Removal Of Several Other Reparations Bills

September 4, 2024 2:45 amSeptember 4, 2024 2:46 am

Few reparations bills managed to land on the Governor’s desk this month, despite 14 starting off at the beginning of the year. All the little-to-no cost measures with no real legal or political challenges made it, like AB 3089, which...