{"id":2059248,"date":"2023-10-07T18:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-vetoes-unnecessary-ban-on-caste-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T19:00:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T23:00:41","slug":"gavin-newsom-vetoes-unnecessary-ban-on-caste-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-vetoes-unnecessary-ban-on-caste-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Gavin Newsom rejects &#8216;unnecessary&#8217; caste discrimination ban."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgavin-newsom-vetoes-unnecessary-ban-on-caste-discrimination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2059248&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>California Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Caste Discrimination<\/h2>\n<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a\u200d bill \u2063that aimed\u200c to ban discrimination based on caste, stating that existing laws\u2062 already cover this issue. The bill, \u200dS.B.\u2062 403, was introduced by California Senator Aisha Wahab, the\u2062 first Afghan-American woman elected to public office in\u200d 2018. Its purpose\u2062 was to include caste as part of the state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-to-pay-13m-to-2020-protesters\/\" title=\"NYC to compensate 2020 protesters with M.\">civil\u200c rights law<\/a>, which currently defines &#8220;ancestry&#8221; \u2063for protection against \u200bdiscrimination.<\/p>\n<p>In his \u200cveto statement, Governor Newsom emphasized California&#8217;s commitment to treating everyone with dignity and respect, regardless of their background. He highlighted\u2062 that \u2063the state already prohibits discrimination \u2062based on various characteristics, including sex, race, religion, and\u2064 more. Newsom argued\u200b that\u2064 since discrimination based on caste is already covered under these\u200c existing\u200d categories, the bill was\u2063 unnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) applauded the\u2062 veto, claiming that the \u200cbill was based\u2062 on racist rhetoric and false claims about\u2063 the Hindu religion.\u200c HAF Managing \u2064Director Samir Kalra praised Governor Newsom for preventing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maxine-waters-asks-doj-to-investigate-alleged-rogue-violent-gang-of-deputies-within-l-a-county-sheriffs-dept\/\" title=\"Maxine Waters Asks DOJ To Investigate Alleged \u2018Rogue, Violent Gang\u2019 Of Deputies Within L.A. County Sheriff\u2019s Dept\">potential civil rights<\/a>\u2064 and constitutional disaster,\u2063 which could have\u200d targeted hundreds of thousands of Californians based\u2063 on their\u200b ethnicity or religious \u2063identity.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle became the first U.S. city to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gavin-newsom-vetoes-unnecessary-ban-on-caste-discrimination\/\" title=\"Gavin Newsom rejects 'unnecessary' caste discrimination ban.\">outlaw caste \u200bdiscrimination earlier<\/a> this \u2063year, \u200bfollowed by the Toronto school board in Canada. Additionally, two colleges in Maine and Massachusetts\u2063 have also banned caste discrimination. With\u200b approximately 550,000 Indians residing in \u2063California, they represent the fourth-largest group of immigrants in the state.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b Why did the Hindu American Foundation (HAF) applaud Governor Newsom&#8217;s veto of the bill? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  California \u2062Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that aimed to ban discrimination based on caste, stating\u200c that existing laws already cover this issue. The bill, S.B. 403, was introduced \u2063by California \u2064Senator Aisha Wahab, the first Afghan-American woman\u2063 elected to public office in 2018. Its purpose was to include caste as part of the\u2062 state&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-blue-state-claw-back\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Blue State Claw Back\">civil rights law<\/a>, which currently defines &#8220;ancestry&#8221; for protection against discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063his veto\u2063 statement, Governor\u2063 Newsom emphasized California&#8217;s commitment to treating everyone with dignity and respect, regardless of their background. He highlighted that the state already prohibits discrimination based on various characteristics, including sex, race, religion, and more. Newsom argued that since discrimination \u2062based \u200bon caste is already covered under these existing categories, the bill was \u200bunnecessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) applauded the veto, claiming \u2062that the bill was based\u200c on racist \u200crhetoric and false claims about the Hindu religion. HAF Managing Director Samir Kalra praised Governor Newsom for preventing a potential \u2064civil\u2063 rights and \u200bconstitutional disaster, which could have \u2064targeted \u200chundreds of thousands of Californians based on their ethnicity\u2062 or religious identity.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle became the first U.S. city \u200dto outlaw caste discrimination earlier this year, followed by\u200b the Toronto school board in Canada. Additionally, two colleges in Maine and Massachusetts\u2062 have also banned caste discrimination. \u2062With approximately 550,000 \u200cIndians residing in\u2063 California, they represent the fourth-largest group of immigrants in the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, vetoed S.B. 403, a bill proposed by Senator Aisha Wahab, which aimed to prohibit caste-based discrimination. Newsom argued that current laws already address this issue. Wahab, the first Afghan-American woman elected to public office, intended to broaden the definition of &#8220;ancestry&#8221; through the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2059249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2059248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2059248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2059249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2059248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2059248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}