Students from UCLA visit the State Capitol earlier this year to show support for the reparative justice bills SB 518 and SB 437, authored by state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson. The bills are being held up in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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By Antonio‌ ‌Ray‌ ‌Harvey‌ ‌ Contributing Writer SACRAMENTO — The California-Hawaii State Conference of the NAACP is urging the Legislature to pass two reparations bills authored by state Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, D-San Diego, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus. The bills — Senate Bills 518 and 437 — were assigned to the “suspense file” after review in the Assembly Appropriations Committee. In the Legislature, any bill that would potentially cost the state more than $50,000 from the general fund or $150,00

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