California lawmakers vote to ban legacy admissions at universities like Stanford

California lawmakers on Tuesday voted to put a stop to “legacy” admissions at private universities, but it’s unclear whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will sign it into law.

The State Senate voted 26-5 to approve Assembly Bill 1780 , by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, sending the bill to Newsom’s desk. Opposing the bill were GOP Sens. Marie Alvarado-Gil, Brian Jones, Roger Niello, Kelly Seyarto and Scott Wilk. The bill previously passed out of the State Assembly, 55-0.

The governor has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the bill…

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