Until recent years, Democrats and Republicans have been united in their support of equality for all Americans. In 2008, the American people elected an “African American” to be their president. They renewed his contract in 2012. Unbelievable progress! Added to this is our long

dedication to the principle of equality. JFK said, “race has no place in American life or law.” MLK wanted all of us to be judged by our character, not our skin color. This makes sense considering that the American founders deemed us all to be created in the image of God & EQUAL

were born. There should be no doubt that equality is important in this nation and in CA. Considering our founding and our progress in matching our accomplishments with our ideals, why has the Legislature taken the ridiculous and regressive action to force an election on race

when a massive number of people are unemployed, facing bankruptcy or the closure of their business, or eviction. Faced with having to restart your career or entering the job market for the first time, everyone wants fairness and equal consideration. If we don’t get equality, but

In 1996, by a margin of 55-45%, the people of CA said we DO NOT want any government entity in CA to discriminate or give preferential treatment to any person in public education, employment or contracting on the basis of their race, their skin color, sex or where their ancestors