Tag: Gavin Newsom

Among the bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law last week was one that supported charter schools owned and operated by Black people  and...

Gov. Gavin Newsom kicked off a statewide tour on October 8 at the West Oakland Senior Center to sign a series of bills that...

During the era of slavery, African Americans were denied education by law. More than 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation and subsequent statutes, laws...

After Carl Maryland retired in 2009, he started playing for a team in the Sacramento Golden Seniors Softball Club league. “Mostly to stay active and...

For more than 25 years, Diane Shelton held steady government jobs with the state Assembly as a legislative consultant, capitol office director, legislative director...

After years of escalating and brutal displacement driving millions of Californians into poverty or homelessness, today, the California legislature this week passed Assembly Bill...

By Regina Brown Wilson California Black MediaThis is a direct appeal to Governor Newsom, Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez and our entire state Legislature. I’m writing this...

On Sept 11, the Oakland Public Works Department plans to destroy about 20 small homes that residents who can’t afford sanctioned housing have built...

Governor Gavin Newsom announced that Alva Vernon Johnson, 51, of Elk Grove, was selected to serve as director of the California State Lottery. Johnson...

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration reversed course on his plan to divert public health dollars from several counties to help provide health coverage to young...