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October 14, 2020 Cal Matters

Prop. 16 will level the playing field for women and communities of color

For too long, we as a country have under-invested and under-resourced Black, Latino and Indigenous communities – leading to less access to health care and dramatic health care disparities. We see these effects in the ravages of COVID-19: economic inequality, structural racism and public health failures have translated to exponentially higher infection and death rates in the Black, Latino and Indigenous communities.

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October 14, 2020 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.

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October 14, 2020 Santa Cruz Sentinel

Editorial | Yes on Proposition 16 as battle over affirmative action continues

The divisions over affirmative action go back decades, and this history underlies consideration of Proposition 16 on the Nov. 3 ballot.

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October 14, 2020 Daily Bruin

2020 Election: Daily Bruin Editorial Board proposition endorsements

“Yes” on Proposition 16 Proposition 16 would bring back affirmative action in California. The editorial board endorses the proposition as an imperfect but real solution to inaccessibility in higher education.

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October 14, 2020

PRESS RELEASE: UnidosUs, LULAC, Voto Latino, National Hispanic Medical Association, National Hispanic Media Coalition, The Chicano Federation and other Latino Heavy Hitters Endorse Yes on Prop 16

Key endorsements come as ballots drop and Latino turnout expected to surge in the presidential election

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October 8, 2020 La Opinión

La Opinión recomienda: vote sí a la Proposición 16

La Proposición 16 es una corrección necesaria. Ya demostró el daño causado. California es uno de los primeros 10 estados que prohibió la acción afirmativa. El experimento no dio resultado. Vote Sí a la Proposición 16.

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October 4, 2020 San Francisco Chronicle

New climate for affirmative action? California voters will decide with Proposition 16

The death of George Floyd forced a national reckoning over racism in policing, the workplace and nearly every other aspect of public life. Will it also inspire Californians to reverse the state’s ban on affirmative action?

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September 24, 2020 The Press Democrat

PD Editorial: Prop 16 will help level the playing field in California

The #MeToo movement and Black Lives Matter didn’t emerge from a color-blind, general-neutral society. Even the coronavirus has spread disproportionately, with Latinos and other minority groups more likely to be infected than whites. Everyone should support the goal of a level playing field. We simply aren’t there yet.

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September 24, 2020 The LA Times

Editorial: The University of California admissions disgrace

This scandal helps make the case for Proposition 16, which would reinstate California’s ability to use affirmative action. Merit has never been the only factor in college admissions. Opponents of Proposition 16 weren’t objecting when it was white students who were given an extra leg up.

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September 23, 2020 CBS SF BayArea

Prop 16: California’s Chance To Reaffirm Affirmative Action

BERKELEY (KPIX) – In November, California voters will go to the polls to vote on Proposition 16, a measure that would lift the state’s ban on considering race, gender or ethnicity in admission and hiring decisions at colleges and universities

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