The grandchild of a man who never had the chance to cast a ballot because he died before the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The daughter of parents who felt so strongly about voting that they allowed their Los Angeles home to be used as a polling place.
It’s impossible to listen to Assemblywoman Shirley Weber tell her life story and not be grateful that Gov. Gavin Newsom picked her to be the first Black woman to serve as secretary of state in California.
Unfortunately, it’s also impossible not to see her historic appointment as some sort of a consolation prize for the U.S. Senate seat that Black women lost.
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Though California continues to post record numbers of coronavirus deaths, some restaurateurs are demanding they be allowed to reopen. A ban on al fresco meals has many people up in arms, despite infection experts saying that both indoor and outdoor dining is a transmission risk.
The debate, fueled by anger, uncertainty, and economic concerns, comes as California’s healthcare system is overwhelmed. Many hospitals’ ICU capacities have fallen to zero as the state breaks new records every day for new cases and fatalities.
The current coronavirus surge is by far the worst that California has seen – and alarm bells are ringing about how holiday gatherings could make the situation even more serious. Against that backdrop, cities, counties and the state have issued a patchwork of overlapping shutdown regulations.
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San Francisco mayor blasts California Governor Gavin Newsom for not picking a black woman to take Kamala Harris Senate seat
Governor Gavin Newsom named Secretary of State Alex Padilla, the son of Mexican immigrants, to fill Kamala Harris U.S. Senate seat
London Breed, herself an African-American woman, disagreed with the pick
Rep. Karen Bass also believed an African-American woman should be selected, but has since congratulated Padilla on his elevation to the Senate
Padilla will become the first Latino to represent California in Congress
Harris is currently the only African-American woman in the U.S. Senate
San Francisco Mayor Calls Kamala Harris Senate Replacement Unfortunate in Light of BLM
On 12/24/20 at 1:58 PM EST
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla s appointment to fill Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Senate seat has been both praised and criticized for its broader implications about racial representation in politics.
While Padilla will be the state s first Latino senator a milestone for California, where nearly 40 percent of the state s residents are Latino his appointment also means there will no longer be any Black women in the Senate.
San Francisco Mayor London Breed called the replacement a real blow to the African American community and an especially unfortunate situation in light of the Black Lives Matter demonstrations that swept the nation this summer.