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SACRAMENTO - In the end, rapidly changing demographics and a summer of protest over racial justice did little to sway the California electorate's opinion on affirmative action. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

California was poised to retain its ban on affirmative action for government agencies and public universities, with voters rejecting a ballot measure that would again allow the consideration of race and sex in state hiring, contracting and admissions decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - The final days of a ballot measure campaign to overturn California's ban on affirmative action have been turbocharged by comments about white nationalism made by Ward Connerly, the driving force behind the 1990s law. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - The death of George Floyd forced a national reckoning over racism in policing, the workplace and nearly every other aspect of public life. Will it also inspire Californians to reverse the state's ban on affirmative action? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Californians will see a lengthy list of initiatives and referendums on the November ballot. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - California voters will be asked whether to reverse the state's prohibition on affirmative action, allowing public universities to consider race in admissions and government to give preference to businesses owned by women and people of color when awarding contracts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

University of California regents, in a symbolic but landmark vote Monday, unanimously endorsed a state amendment to repeal Proposition 209, the affirmative action ban approved by state voters nearly 24 years ago. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - A panel of California legislators voted Wednesday to advance a pair of bills designed to combat racial inequities, following days of protests over the killing of George Floyd and police brutality. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

SACRAMENTO - California is about to wade back into the fight over affirmative action, nearly a quarter-century after state voters banned the consideration of race and sex in public education, employment and contracting. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]