More than two decades after affirmative action was banned in California, voters will decide whether to restore the practice with a ballot measure supporters say would bring greater access to educational and job opportunities but that detractors warn would reintroduce discrimination.
If passed, Proposition 16 would repeal a 1996 measure that banned the consideration of race and gender in the public sector, including admissions to one of the country’s largest university systems.
Supporters of Prop. 16 include a who’s who of California heavy hitters: Sen. Kamala Harris, Gov. Gavin Newsom,…
