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California's new Attorney General Rob Bonta. | Noah Berger / AP California’s new Attorney General, Rob Bonta, took the podium at his first news conference on May 11 to announce the formation of a Racial Justice Bureau, charged with addressing bias and hate “at their roots” and strengthening responses to hate crimes throughout the state. The Bureau, which will initially bring together six new attorneys and a new deputy attorney general as part of the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Enforcement Section, comes into being as Californians throughout the state deal with a pandemic-rela...

Last week, California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced his allotment of five of nine representatives to the nation’s first-ever Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The state task force is being assembled to meet the mandate of the Assembly Bill (AB) 3121, a landmark legislation Gov. Newsom signed into law last September 2020 that aims to promote racial justice and equity.

California Attorney General launches Racial Justice Bureau to tackle hate crimes Published  Rob Bonta. OAKLAND, Calif. - California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Tuesday launched the Racial Justice Bureau to tackle the growing number of hate crimes across the state.  He also announced plans for a virtual session against hate crime with California’s big city mayors at the end of the month to raise awareness around regional concerns involving hate crimes and support those who have been impacted by hate.  Members of the coalition include Los Angeles, San Diego, San José, San Francisco, Fr...

As the country continues to confront a history of racial injustice, deeply rooted in the legacy of slavery and systemic racism, today, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed five individuals to serve on the newly formed Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans. The formation of this task force was made possible by the Governor’s signing of AB 3121, authored by then-Assemblymember Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), which established a nine-member task force to inform Californians about slavery and explore ways the state might provide reparations. “California is leading...

by Mark McDermott The return of Bruce’s Beach to the Bruce family came one step closer to fruition Tuesday when Senate Bill 796, introduced by Senator Steven Bradford and intended to resolve deed restrictions, quickly passed out of the Senate’s Water and Natural Resources Committee with unanimous bipartisan support.  Bradford, a Democrat from Gardena, is a member of the state’s Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans.  The Task Force was created last year in wake of Black Lives Matter protests and intended to develop proposals by 2023. But Bradford s...