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SACRAMENTO – On Tuesday Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 188 to make California the first state in the nation to ban racial discrimination based on natural hair.
The Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair, or CROWN, Act was authored by Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) and will address unfair grooming policies that have a disparate impact on women and people of color.
“In California, we celebrate the contributions of everyone – no matter where they are from, who they love, what language they speak, and, thanks to Senator Mitchell, no matter how they wear their hair,” said Gov. Newsom.
“The CROWN Act is about inclusion, pride and choice,” said Sen. Mitchell. “This law protects the right of black Californians to choose to wear their hair in its natural form, without pressure to conform to Eurocentric norms. I am so excited to see the culture change that will ensue from the law.”
“Dove is proud to be a part of changing the narrative for Black women, girls and anyone with textured hair and we are excited to stand with The CROWN Coalition and Sen. Holly Mitchell to make a tangible impact in the state of California” said Esi Eggleston Bracey, executive vice president and chief operating officer of North America Beauty and Personal Care at Unilever. “We are overjoyed to see Gov. Newson sign The CROWN Act into law today, and are looking forward to continuing to drive legislative change in other states in the months to come.”
The new law amends the Fair Employment and Housing Act and the Education Code to prohibit employers and schools from enforcing purportedly “race neutral” grooming policies that disproportionately impact persons of color.
Under this bill, employers would still be able to make and enforce certain policies, so long as they are valid and non-discriminatory, and have no disparate impact; for example, employers can still require employees to secure their hair for safety or hygienic reasons.
While California will be the first state in the nation to protect employees from racial discrimination based on hairstyle, similar legislation has been proposed in New York and New Jersey. New York City banned hair discrimination in February.
For full text of the bill, visit http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov .
The Creating a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural hair, or CROWN, Act was authored by Sen. Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles) and will address unfair grooming policies that have a disparate impact on women and people of color.
“In California, we celebrate the contributions of everyone – no matter where they are from, who they love, what language they speak, and, thanks to Senator Mitchell, no matter how they wear their hair,” said Gov. Newsom.
“The CROWN Act is about inclusion, pride and choice,” said Sen. Mitchell. “This law protects the right of black Californians to choose to wear their hair in its natural form, without pressure to conform to Eurocentric norms. I am so excited to see the culture change that will ensue from the law.”
“Dove is proud to be a part of changing the narrative for Black women, girls and anyone with textured hair and we are excited to stand with The CROWN Coalition and Sen. Holly Mitchell to make a tangible impact in the state of California” said Esi Eggleston Bracey, executive vice president and chief operating officer of North America Beauty and Personal Care at Unilever. “We are overjoyed to see Gov. Newson sign The CROWN Act into law today, and are looking forward to continuing to drive legislative change in other states in the months to come.”
The new law amends the Fair Employment and Housing Act and the Education Code to prohibit employers and schools from enforcing purportedly “race neutral” grooming policies that disproportionately impact persons of color.
Under this bill, employers would still be able to make and enforce certain policies, so long as they are valid and non-discriminatory, and have no disparate impact; for example, employers can still require employees to secure their hair for safety or hygienic reasons.
While California will be the first state in the nation to protect employees from racial discrimination based on hairstyle, similar legislation has been proposed in New York and New Jersey. New York City banned hair discrimination in February.
For full text of the bill, visit http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov .
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SACRAMENTO – Working collaboratively, Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, and Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, have introduced legislation that would amend the California constitution to authorize and regulate sports wagering.
“I look forward to working with stakeholders in a collaborative effort to help bring this out of the shadows,” Sen. Dodd said. “By legalizing sports wagering we can avoid some of the problems associated with an underground market such as fraud and tax evasion while investing in problem gambling education.”
“We need to crack down on illegal and unregulated online gaming and replace it with a safe and responsible option which includes safeguards against compulsive and underage gambling, money laundering and fraud,” Assemblyman Gray said. “All other gaming activities in California are subject to regulations that ensure the safety of consumers. Sports wagering should be treated no differently."
The legislation, Senate Constitutional Amendment 6, follows last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal ban on sports betting.
The decision did not legalize sports wagering nationwide, but permitted the activity to be regulated on a state-by-state basis. Currently, eight states allow legal sports wagering and more than 35 are considering legislation.
Estimates put illegal sports wagering in the United States at $150 billion a year. Revenue generated from legalization could support public education, infrastructure and other needs.
The matching constitutional amendments introduced by Sen. Dodd and Assemblyman Gray would require any legalization effort in California to achieve two-thirds approval in the Legislature before being placed on the ballot for majority approval by voters.
Sen. Dodd and Assemblyman Gray chair their chambers’ respective Governmental Organization committees, which oversee gaming regulation, among other things.
Sen. Bill Dodd represents the Third Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties.
“I look forward to working with stakeholders in a collaborative effort to help bring this out of the shadows,” Sen. Dodd said. “By legalizing sports wagering we can avoid some of the problems associated with an underground market such as fraud and tax evasion while investing in problem gambling education.”
“We need to crack down on illegal and unregulated online gaming and replace it with a safe and responsible option which includes safeguards against compulsive and underage gambling, money laundering and fraud,” Assemblyman Gray said. “All other gaming activities in California are subject to regulations that ensure the safety of consumers. Sports wagering should be treated no differently."
The legislation, Senate Constitutional Amendment 6, follows last year’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning the federal ban on sports betting.
The decision did not legalize sports wagering nationwide, but permitted the activity to be regulated on a state-by-state basis. Currently, eight states allow legal sports wagering and more than 35 are considering legislation.
Estimates put illegal sports wagering in the United States at $150 billion a year. Revenue generated from legalization could support public education, infrastructure and other needs.
The matching constitutional amendments introduced by Sen. Dodd and Assemblyman Gray would require any legalization effort in California to achieve two-thirds approval in the Legislature before being placed on the ballot for majority approval by voters.
Sen. Dodd and Assemblyman Gray chair their chambers’ respective Governmental Organization committees, which oversee gaming regulation, among other things.
Sen. Bill Dodd represents the Third Senate District, which includes all or portions of Napa, Yolo, Sonoma, Solano, Sacramento and Contra Costa counties.
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