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Related: About this forumCalifornia bill bars naming public places after Confederates
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO A bill banning the naming of schools and roads after notable Confederates has been introduced to the California Legislature.
Democratic Sen. Steve Glazer of Orinda introduced SB539 to bar state and local properties from taking the names of elected leaders or senior military officers of the Confederacy. Public places currently named after Confederate officials would need to choose a new namesake.
Glazer's office said Wednesday that the bill was spurred by a national debate over whether public buildings should fly the Confederate flag following the massacre of nine black churchgoers during Bible study in Charleston, South Carolina.
Two schools in Southern California are currently named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. California also has a Jefferson Davis Highway, named to commemorate the president of the Confederacy ...
http://napavalleyregister.com/ap/state/california-bill-bars-naming-public-places-after-confederates/article_0df45116-a418-569a-b1ac-e1a8c1b66d77.html
SunSeeker
(51,771 posts)Unfuckingbelievable.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)the first civilian governor of California ... Before his arrival in California, Burnett served on the 1844 Legislative Committee of Oregon. While there he proposed that former black slaves be forced to leave that state, with any who failed to leave subject to arrests and lashings. That provision was known as Peter Burnetts lash law. Voters later rescinded the law in 1845. A year after moving to California, Burnett was elected as the first governor of the state in December 1849. During his inaugural address he endorsed a similar black exclusion law. Burnett received heavy criticism for the speech and became unpopular with the states legislature. After just a little over a year in office, he resigned ...
Civil rights group to petition renaming of Robert E. Lee Elementary in Long Beach
By RUBEN VIVES
July 6, 2015
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Different Jackson. We also have a Jackson Avenue on the other side of town. Hmmm...
demosincebirth
(12,549 posts)Lordquinton
(7,886 posts)And they are making exemptions for city names:
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article26822416.html
Though they hope it will spark a debate about the town's name.