San Francisco Chronicle By SOPHIA BOLLAG Aug. 24, 2018
Immigrants living in California without full legal status could serve in some appointed offices under a bill the state Senate sent Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday.
The measure, passed by the Senate 26-11, would let people over 18 who lack authorization to live in the country be appointed to boards and commissions.
Sen. Ricardo Lara, who authored the bill, says it would overturn laws designed to exclude immigrants from civic life.
"We make the best policies when we hear the voices of all Californians regardless of where they are born or what they look like," the Bell Gardens Democrat said.
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