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State legislators. Lori Wilson, state assemblymember from the 11th district (2022–present) [4] Municipal officials. Karen Bass, Mayor of Los Angeles (2022–present) and former U.S. Representative from CA-37 (2011-2022) [4] Notable individuals. Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers [5] Organizations. ACLU California Action [4]
Gathered on a sunny morning in Los Angeles on Wednesday, a coalition of criminal justice reform advocates urged voters to pass Proposition 6 and finally rid California of slavery nearly 175 years ...
The Legislature passed a bill that would ban the immigration of free blacks to California. State Senator David C. Broderick, a fierce opponent of slavery and former firefighter from San Francisco, managed to kill the bill through parliamentary maneuver. Slavery did persist in California even without legal authority.
The California Senate killed some reparations bills for Black residents on Thursday amid a budget deficit after the Assembly issued a formal apology for slavery
In rejecting Proposition 6, voters kept a constitutional provision outlawing slavery except "to punish crime." Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers still have options.
The FBI has 13 full-time task forces dedicated to investigating high-profile child prostitution enterprises throughout the United States—two are in California, with one in Los Angeles and another in Orange County. [21] Of the 705 cases of human trafficking in California reported during 2017, 226 involved minors. [6]
Most California voters possess a more nuanced view on the lasting legacy of slavery and how the state should address those wrongs. Still, there is overwhelming opposition to cash reparations.
California's Reparations Task Force on Thursday released its final report, marking a milestone in the state's historic effort to consider remedies for slavery.