Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer’s (D-South Los Angeles) bill to provide free college to California students was approved by the Assembly Higher Education Committee with a 9-1 vote.
Governor Gavin Newsom organized labor, community, and elected leaders across South Los Angeles to recognize Black worker contributions to the American Labor Movement on Labor Day at the headquarters of the African American Voter Registration, Education, and Participation Project (AAVREP).
Ethnic and social justice studies will join English and science courses as graduation requirements at California State University, after the Board of Trustees at the nation’s largest four-year public university system approved the idea Wednesday.