Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a mixed bag Monday for proponents of bills aimed at addressing the state’s legacy of racist and discriminatory policies against Black Americans.

He signed a law authorizing $6 million for California State University to study how to confirm an individual’s status as a descendant of an enslaved person.

But he vetoed other bills the California Legislative Black Caucus championed as tools to atone for the state’s history.

One of them would have authorized public and private colleges to give admissions preference to descendants of enslaved people. Another would have required the state to investigate claims from families who say their property was taken by the government unjustly on the basis of race through eminent domain. A third would have set aside 10% of the m

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