We are seeing TOTAL @GailHeriot VINDICATION at the highest levels

“Gail [Heriot] has been beating this lonely drum for decades. And she has been right for decades.”

It’s over 1000 likes now. This is the #1 issue for many. The only good thing about putting ACA7 on the 2028 ballot is that it‘ll give us more time to make sure all voters know who voted for it. @MHurtadoCA @Senator_Hurtado @TimGraysonCA @SenCervantes @ilike_mike @SenMikeMcGuire

I spoke too soon. Her tweet is above 800 likes. ACA7 will lose at the ballot box. Or in court. And it will be divisive. And it is badly drafted to do what its proponents say they want. @Scott_Wiener @SenBenAllen @BenAllenCA @SenatorUmberg @SenatorChoi @SenCervantes @TomUmbergCA

Professor Heriot’s tweet on ACA7 has already received over 700 likes and counting. Are you sure you want to pass this divisive bill? It will lose at the ballot box and in court. All reparations supporters will get is bad precedents. @SenCervantes @Senator_Hurtado @MHurtadoCA

The CA Legislature tried to strike these words from the state constitution in 2020 (put there by Prop 209 in 1996). The voters smacked them down when 57.23% said NO—despite the YES campaign outspending the NO team by more than 14 to 1. Now they’re trying again—calling it a “clarification” instead of an effort to gut the provision’s application to public education. Don’t believe them. If approved by the voters, this would be a major change. The aim is to pave the way for the recommendations of California’s Task Force on Reparations. The Task Force wants to make college free to African Americans no matter how well off their parents are and to get school districts to fund individual schools based on the race of the students who attend. @christopherrufo

This is hilarious. When asked, “Is there any other country on Earth you would rather live in than the United States today?”, the only group with a majority responding “yes” is Democrats. @SenatorSeyarto @SenOchoaBogh @SenBrianJones @SenStricklandCA @SenatorChoi @SenMeganDahle @SenValladares @ShannonGroveCA @SenRogerNiello @AlvaradoGilSD4

ACA7 is likely to get a lot of publicity if it passes. It obviously the wrong thing to do even from the standpoint of preference supporters. Why is this so hard? @SenBenAllen @BenAllenCA

@SenBenAllen, who is running for Insurance Commissioner, is on the committee that will examine ACA7 next. Will he vote to legalize race discrimination in financial aid? We hope not.

@SenatorUmberg, who is running for Board of Equalization, is on the committee that will examine ACA7 next. Will he vote to authorize financial aid discrimination? We hope not.

This is weird. Remember John Marshall? Never forget “that it is a Constitution we’re expounding.” Similarly, don’t forget it’s a Constitution you’re looking to amend. @Scott_Wiener @SenBenAllen @BenAllenCA @SenatorUmberg @SenatorChoi @TomUmbergCA @SenCervantes @Senator_Hurtado

Definitely worth reading. It discusses the polling that occurred directly after Prop 16. The pollsters appear to have been trying to show it was a fluke. Instead it showed it wasn’t. @Scott_Wiener @SenCervantes @SenatorUmberg @SenBenAllen @BenAllenCA @SenatorChoi @TomUmbergCA

Worth reading. It helps show why Prop 16 failed and so will ACA7. @Scott_Wiener @BenAllenCA @SenBenAllen @SenatorChoi @SenCervantes @SenatorUmberg @TomUmbergCA

It’s actually the FIFTH time since Prop 209’s passage. (Yes, we’re keeping count. After Prop 16’s humiliating defeat, it’s outrageous that Corey Jackson keeps going.) @Scott_Wiener @SenBenAllen @BenAllenCA @SenatorUmberg @TomUmbergCA @SenatorChoi @SenCervantes

California doesn’t need a divisive (not to mention futile) referendum on reparations. Table ACA7. Never think about it again. Things will only get more difficult if you put it before the full senate.

The claim that ACA7 is just a minor clarification is false. ACA7 guts Prop 209’s protection against discrimination in public education.

Even the New York Times recognizes that the CA Legislature’s attacks on Prop 209 are out of touch with voters. This is an article from three years ago. @SenCervantes @MHurtadoCA @ilike_mike @SenMikeMcGuire @TimGraysonCA @MoniqueLimonCA @SenatorAshby nytimes.com/2023/06/11/us/su…

Prop 16‘s defeat was not a fluke. The NO team was not a bunch of political geniuses (through we did work hard to get the word out) who fooled the public. We won because the public agrees with us that discrimination is wrong no matter which groups are victimized.

The absurd claim that ACA7 is a mere “clarification” is simply a lie. ACA7 guts Prop 209’s protection of public education. @Scott_Wiener @SenBenAllen @BenAllenCA @SenatorUmberg @TomUmbergCA @SenCervantes @SenatorChoi