Although Donald Trump’s election was widely seen as a rebuke to the Left’s obsession with race, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to “Trump-proof” his state, and that likely applies to the Democrat’s ongoing plans to give race-based handouts.
This year alone, Newsom signed a slate of reparations bills into law. And although California won’t be handing out checks, its laws are sure to spark more calls from California liberals to take money from Hispanic, Asian, and white Californians and give it to black Californians.
Here’s what California has done so far, including four related laws.
Formal Apology for Slavery
Some 59 years after the 13th Amendment formally abolished slavery, California—which entered the Union as a free state—issued a formal apology to African slaves and their descendants.
The apology, issued Sept. 26, stems from a…
