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Assembly committee advances bill reserving home-purchase funds for descendants of enslaved people
Summary
The Assembly Judiciary Committee advanced AB 57, a bill that would reserve at least 10% of California's home purchase assistance funds for descendants of formerly enslaved people; supporters called it targeted reparative policy, opponents called it unconstitutional or a racial preference.
Assemblymember McKinner introduced AB 57 on the Assembly Judiciary Committee floor as a targeted change to California's home-purchase assistance program to reserve part of the funds for "descendants of formerly enslaved people." The author told the committee the measure is a form of reparative policy and said it identifies beneficiaries by legal status rather than race.
The bill's author and supporters said AB 57 would narrow a persistent homeownership gap rooted in historic discrimination. "AB 57 has our overwhelming support as it aims to address…
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