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Another Unconstitutional Racial Quota Bites the Dust, but May Not Be Gone for Good

October 24, 2022 7:54 amOctober 24, 2022 8:26 am

Just in time for Halloween, the State of California has properly dealt with zombie legislation. The Governor recently signed AB 1604, “The Upward Mobility Act,” a bill that attempted to bring a racial quota back from the dead when the...

CA Senate Forced to Significantly Amend AB 1604 Over Attempt to Institute Racial Preferences

August 23, 2022 11:12 am

Californians for Equal Rights Foundation, in collaboration with the Pacific Legal Foundation, has successfully forced the California State Senate to significantly amend Assembly Bill 1604 so that the amended version complies with the State Constitution, and specifically the constitutional ban on racial...

Alameda County Sued Over Racial Preferences in Awarding Governmental Contracts

July 25, 2022 4:17 pmJuly 26, 2022 7:39 am

The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation (CFER), along with co-plaintiffs represented by Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), filed a lawsuit against Alameda County on Monday, challenging two public contracting programs that impose race-based preferences for minority-owned companies. For decades, the U.S....

Twitter Hate Trolls Attack Calif. for Equal Rights Foundation Exec. Dir. Over Reparations

June 17, 2022 8:39 amJune 20, 2022 6:19 am

It’s open season on those right-of-center, conservatives, and moderate Democrats, and the media is mostly silent about it. The assignation attempt of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh went unreported in major media outlets. The homemade explosive device found outside the...

SCOTUS Revisit of Affirmative Action at Universities has Implications for California Institutions

February 16, 2022 6:28 amFebruary 15, 2022 4:13 pm

A few years back, my wife and I embarked on a tour of university campuses with high school-aged daughter in tow in lieu of the classic summer family vacation. Typically, each pre-arranged visit would include a tour of the campus...

Government Unions, Tech Billionaires and California Ballot Propositions

December 16, 2020 2:12 amDecember 16, 2020 8:35 am

Californians voted on twelve state ballot propositions on November 3. On nine of these propositions, California’s government and private sector unions spent significant amounts of money, over a million in five cases, and over ten million in two cases. But of these...

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...