Assemblymember Chris R. Holden (D-Pasadena)

Sen. Steven Bradford Commits to Building Upon Weber’s Legacy as Next Black Caucus Chair

Tanu Henry California Black MediaJanuary 7, 2021

Last week, the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) elected Sen. Steven Bradford (D-Gardena) chair of the group comprised of African Americans serving in State Legislature.
Bradford, 60, who is the longest serving member in the caucus and the only African American member in the California Senate, is succeeding the CLBC’s outgoing chair Dr. Shirley N. Weber (D-San Diego).

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California Assembly Passes Bill to Set Up Reparations Task Force

Tanu Henry, California Black MediaJune 18, 2020

The “reparations” bill calls for the creation of a task force to study and propose ideas for how African Americans in California can be compensated for slavery and its “after lives,” as the author of the legislation, Dr. Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), describes the Jim Crow laws and other forms of injustice and state-sanctioned discrimination that have existed in the United States from 1865 until now.