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Bill to Encourage Schools to Teach Asian American and Pacific Islanders History Stonewalled

June 23, 2022 5:18 pmJune 24, 2022 6:30 am

A bill to encourage schools to adopt a course of study related to Asian American and Pacific Islanders History for grades 1-12 has strangely met with resistance in the Legislature, and specifically from the California Asian American and Pacific Islander...

Bill To Force CalPERS, CalSTRS to Divest From Fossil Fuel Companies Dies in Assembly Committee

June 23, 2022 4:12 pm

A bill that would have had forced both the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) to divest from fossil fuel companies they have invested in died in the Assembly on Wednesday after...

California’s Federal Laboratory Contracting Act

June 23, 2022 3:20 pmJune 23, 2022 3:24 pm

California has a number of formal acts in statute. The Federal Laboratory Contracting Act is found in the Public Contract Code Division 2 (General Provisions), Part 2 (Contracting by State Agencies), Chapter 7, which contains Sections 12500 to 12502. Chapter...

University of California Retreats from Unlawful Diversity Statement Mandates

June 23, 2022 2:14 pmJune 23, 2022 2:35 pm

In 2015 the University of California enacted a seemingly innocuous policy which said, “faculty achievement that promote equal opportunity and diversity should be given due recognition in the academic personnel process.” But this modest mandate for recognizing contributions to diversity...

San Francisco School Board Begins Reversing Policies Made By Pre-Recall Board

June 23, 2022 12:24 pm

During a San Francisco Unified School District Board of Education meeting on Wednesday, the board decided to reverse several policies made in 2020 and 2021 before the historical school board recall earlier this year. In a 4-3 vote, the board...

Supreme Court Strikes Down NY Gun Law, Protects Right to Carry Concealed Gun in Public

June 23, 2022 10:07 amJune 24, 2022 10:17 am

Democrats want to be able to tell Americans that can’t defend yourself with a firearm. California, New York, Illinois, New Jersey, have been terrible on gun ownership rights. But they were just rebuked by the highest court in the land....

Lowell High School to Reinstate Merit-Based Enrollment

June 23, 2022 7:00 amJune 23, 2022 6:51 am

With the sting of a February recall election that saw three of its members bounced from its ranks fresh in their memories, the San Francisco Unified District Board of Education has voted to drop a 2-year-old lottery system to gain...