Issue Position: A Just Society

Issue Position

Access, equity, and justice should be the foundations of government and business. They should also form the basis of how we treat our neighbors. And yet, discrimination and bias creep into behavior, systems, and policies at alarming rates. A just society will exist when we eliminate the pervasive harms that thwart our ability to co-exist.

As a Black woman who is the product of an interracial marriage, where my parents suffered from discriminatory policies because of their union, I believe in the power of speaking truth to power when it comes to racism, discrimination, and bias.

That is why in my first year in office, I introduced three bills (AB 241, 242, 243) that require mandatory training on implicit bias for law enforcement officers, medical professionals, judges, and trial lawyers. Two of these bills were signed into law by the Governor.

I co-authored SB 188 (the Crown Act) to end discrimination based on a person's natural hairstyle, a law intended to reverse the racist ideology that Black traits are inferior traits. This bill was signed into law by the Governor.

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