Supporters Push Gov. Newsom to Sign Bill Granting Admissions Preferences to Descendants of Enslaved People

Two days after Assembly Bill (AB) 7 passed out of the State Senate with a 30-10 vote, about 150 people from across the state converged on the State Capitol, urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign the measure into law by Oct. 12.

Gov. Newsom has until Oct. 12 to sign or veto bills passed by the Legislature this legislative session. Any measure not vetoed by that date will automatically become law.

Authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights), the bill would allow (but not require) public and private colleges in California to offer preferential admissions to applicants who are direct descendants of enslaved people, to the extent permitted by federal law.

Following Senate conc

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