California's state assembly approved a bill to apologize to Black Californians for its role in slave laws and discrimination.

California's state assembly approved a bill to formally apologize to Black Californians for its role in instituting slave laws and discriminatory practices since its founding. The bill, authored by Assemblymember Reggie Jones Sawyer, acknowledges the state's responsibility for the harms and atrocities committed by it. Though reparations bills were also proposed, they did not pass in the Senate.