Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. With proactive monitoring and persistent advocacy, we can effectively blunt government preferences and racial discrimination, even in deep-blue California! This being said, we are happy to report to you that the latest legislative attempt to repeal Proposition 209 has been paused at the California Assembly.

On May 23, the California Assembly Appropriations Committee, citing budgetary constraints, decided to postpone ACA 7 and turn it into a two-year bill. Currently, ACA 7, which seeks to repeal education-related provisions of Prop. 209, stays in the committee’s “suspense file,” a designation that most likely leads to the end of a bill’s life cycle.

Although the Legislature attributes budget issues to ACA 7’s suspension, we should also note that our coordinated opposition from CFER and its partner organizations plays an important part in halting racial discrimination which would have been enacted by the bill! Since February, we have been diligently working to raise awareness, register official opposition and build alliance against ACA 7. Our hard work and persistence have paid off!

On the other hand, state lawmakers’ excuse of budgetary considerations is an illuminating reason for us to follow the money in our organizing and advocacy operations. We must defund the woke, one school district at a time. Wenyuan, in this spirit, allow me to call on you to continue to champion equality and merit in your local school district. When they don’t have enough funds, progressive educrats are forced to cut unnecessary and useless spending like DEI and Ethnic Studies. This is happening in Poway Unified, Ramona Unified and more. As always, CFER is here to support you in building your own local watchdog group, when you are ready. Let us know at info@cferfoundation.org!

In a similar light, let us celebrate another victory from the Federal Government which has recently issued an executive order to reform the college accreditation process and roll back DEI-focused standards in accreditors. Thanks to a timely proposal by CFER Executive Vice President Gail Heriot and her colleague Mr. Peter Kirsanow at the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, this much-needed reform is now being implemented. CFER has proudly assisted in ramping up media outreach and voter education for the proposal.

Unfortunately, many other California bills related to racial preferences, reparations and DEI, notably AB 57 (college admissions preferences for slavery descendants) are proceeding in the Legislature. We will continue to monitor every single one of them and keep you updated. Notably, the State Government has slowed down its pace to push out discriminatory proposals under the Federal Government’s watchful eyes. However, progressive lawmakers are also trying creative ways, such as using slavery descendancy as a race proxy, to circumvent the national redress. At the national level, we will also work with our national allies to amplify proposals to protect parental rights, reform accreditation and defund Minority-Serving Institutions.

To advance equality and merit, CFER is proceeding with unwavering diligence. Can we count on you for a generous financial gift to keep us going?

As always, thank you!