Debra Gore-Mann

California State Budget for 2021-22 Draws Both Pushback and Praise

Tanu Henry, California Black MediaMay 20, 2021

Depending on where they stand, a number of political leaders in California either praised or pushed back on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $ 267.8 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2021-22. The plan includes a broad range of high-dollar investments intended to help the state’s struggling economy recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Black Leaders: Biden Order Is First to Recognize America’s History of Housing Injustice

Quinci LeGardye, California Black MediaFebruary 4, 2021

Black Leaders and civil rights groups – including the NAACP and the Greenlining Institute — are hailing a memorandum President Joe Biden issued last week directing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to “take actions to undo historic patterns of segregation and other types of housing discrimination that afford access to long denied opportunities.”