California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday named state Assembly member Shirley Weber to serve as California's new secretary of state.
Weber is known for authoring legislation on reparations that was codified in the state earlier this year. Newsom moved quickly to appoint Weber to the post after he named current Secretary of State Alex Padilla to the U.S.
Senate seat soon to be vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Weber, a Democrat from San Diego, saw her bill signed into law in September.The legislation calls for a nine-member task force to study how slavery has impacted Black people in California develop recommendations on how reparations should be distributed to begin to address the harms of slavery and structural.
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