Santa Barbara Independent
Yes on Prop. 16: Bringing a Little Balance Back
Voters sometimes misconstrue affirmative action to be a favor, or set of favors and handouts to the less fortunate. This is simply untrue.
We have Proposition 16 on the ballot to bring at least a little balance back into the narrative of opportunity, with a reinstatement of affirmative action. In 1978 UC Regents v. Bakke struck down diversity quotas as unconstitutional, and in 1996 under Governor Pete Wilson, Prop. 209 was passed banning the use of affirmative action.