California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new state law that expands eligibility for state appointments to include any California resident, including non-US citizens, over the age of 18. Reporter Heather Clisby has the details …
Created by Democratic Sen. Maria Elena Durazo of Los Angeles, a new law, SB225, widens eligibility for government board appointments. The bill alters the current law so that any California citizen, regardless of immigration or citizenship status, can serve on boards and appointments. The law does not apply to elective offices.
The law defines a California citizen as someone born and living in the state or born elsewhere but living in the state. Though former Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a similar bill last year, Gov. Newsom felt differently.
The issue surfaced last year when the state Senate appointed a woman to an advisory committee on college access for low-income and minority students. The woman had come to the US from Mexico illegally as a teenager.
