As we enter flu season, and the rollout of another updated COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Gavin Newsom acted against the interests of safeguarding California’s public health.
On the eve of Indigenous Peoples Day, he vetoed Senate Bill 435, which would have taken the important first step towards collecting data on Mesoamerican Indigenous groups, and for each major Latin subgroups.
In his veto message, he recommended waiting for updated federal standards for the collection and reporting of race and ethnicity before the state could start collecting more detailed demographic data information on its populations.
