Dr. Seciah Aquino, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, called the bill’s passage a “transformational win” for the state. “Data equity can save lives,” Aquino wrote in a press release, adding that the bill’s implementation is also a “sound economic decision.
Leaders of Indigenous organizations emphasized the significance of being officially recognized in state data for the first time. Arcenio J. Lopez, executive director of the Mixteco/Indígena Community Organizing Project, called the decision a “major milestone” for Indigenous Mesoamerican communities residing in the West Coast.
