California Assembly Advances Measure to Narrow Affirmative Action Ban for 2028 Ballot
The California State Assembly has approved Assembly Constitutional Amendment 7 (ACA 7), sending it to voters for the November 7, 2028, ballot. This measure aims to modify Proposition 209, a 1996 constitutional amendment that prohibited discrimination or preferential treatment based on race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, public education, and public contracting. ACA 7 seeks to narrow this ban within public education, specifically by limiting its application to only higher education admissions and enrollment. This means that K-12 education would no longer be subject to the prohibition on racial discrimination and race-based preferential treatment. The bill's proponents, including Assemblymember Corey Jackson, argue that Proposition 209 has been subject to overly broad interpretation and that ACA 7 provides clarity by focusing the ban specifically on higher education. This move follows a previous attempt in 2020 (Proposition 16) to fully repeal Proposition 209, which voters r... 
