In California, Black residents have an average lifespan of 71 years following the COVID-19 pandemic, a decrease of four years prior to the pandemic, so a total of $966,921 would be awarded.

That closely mirrors the demographics of the state’s 217,910 California high school students who met UC and CSU eligibility standards in 2020-21: 45% are Latino, 26% white, 16% Asian and 4% Black.

In 2016, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 516 which created a TLP and an electronic report of sale system. “The DMV authorized the issuing of TLPs starting in January 2019.

Moreover, Black students in the state are still three times as likely to be suspended as White students — just like a decade ago — and chronic absenteeism increased for them in the 2023-2024 ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit filed this week accuses the University of California of racial discrimination in undergraduate admissions by favoring Black and Latino students over Asian ...