California’s progressive Democrats may be better served by cracking open a history book than making new laws based on their imaginary understandings of the Golden State’s legacy. California entered the Union as a free state when it was admitted to the United States on September 9, 1850, as part of the Compromise of 1850. This explicitly prohibited slavery from within its borders.
But inconvenient facts never get in the way of a government committed to virtue signaling in every crevice of its existence, and the lives of the public it allegedly serves. The latest idea is to DEI the process for getting an occupational license (aka government permission to work in a specific job like barbers, nurses, real estate agents, and more), prioritizing people based on their race.
Assembly Bill 2862 was introduced by Democrat lawmaker Mike Gipson and co-sponsored by Democrats Juan Carrillo…
