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The battle to overturn racial neutrality in California’s government continues. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a federal court will consider a challenge to Proposition 209, a voter-approved law that bars the government from granting preferences to or discriminating against individuals or groups based on race in education, employment, and contracting. And Governor Jerry Brown [...]

In February, California state senator Ed Hernandez introduced SB 185, a bill that would require the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) to consider race and other non-academic factors in admissions “so long as no preference is given.” When a school factors in race, even when deciding a single placement, an individual [...]

     Pranav and the Court Decision: Anti-Stem Cell Lawsuit Still Threatens Sick   by Don C. Reed “He is right here,” said Pranav’s mother, in her lilting Indian accent; “would you like to speak to him?” For a moment I was actually afraid; I don’t know why. Pranav had Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) a [...]

The California stem cell agency confirmed this morning that the public remains barred from the key sessions of this week’s sweeping review of the operations of the billion public enterprise. In response to a query, Don Gibbons, chief communications officer for CIRM, said, “The public is only invited to the sessions that are marked as [...]

Making a last minute change, the California stem cell agency has decided to allow more time for public comment during the sweeping review this week of its operations, but still will apparently bar the public from hearing testimony by witnesses. The first public comment session will come tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. Other public comment [...]