Comments on: CalChamber Takes Position on Prop. 16, Prop. 23 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/10/01/calchamber-takes-position-on-prop-16-prop-23/ In-depth, locally-produced coverage of the Central Valley. Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:37:17 -0700 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Hecht https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/10/01/calchamber-takes-position-on-prop-16-prop-23/#comment-79377 Jeff Hecht Mon, 05 Oct 2020 16:21:25 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=33979#comment-79377 Perplexed how anyone who wants fairness can support a proposition whose very basis is to tilt the scales. Particularly surprise and disappointed that the Cal Chamber would take this position. Perplexed how anyone who wants fairness can support a proposition whose very basis is to tilt the scales. Particularly surprise and disappointed that the Cal Chamber would take this position.

]]> By: Jenny Lee https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/10/01/calchamber-takes-position-on-prop-16-prop-23/#comment-78845 Jenny Lee Sat, 03 Oct 2020 03:54:55 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=33979#comment-78845 Proposition 16 will strike out and eliminate this language from the California Constitution. No substitute is provided: “The State SHALL NOT discriminate against, or grant PREFERENTIAL treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.” If diversity is the goal (according to this article) why eliminate the Constitution that says you cannot benefit one race/gender over another? Why not propose a proposition that says requires diversity? If you specifically prefer one race/gender over another isn't THAT discrimination? In the short run, Proposition 16 will hurt Asians given their higher performances in College admissions today. In the long run, it hurts everyone and it hurts our state because Prop 16 will eliminate equal opportunity and fair competition which has made California one of the most prosperous and diversified states in the whole country. Prop 16 will legalize discrimination and waste tax money to fund the bureaucracy. California doesn’t need it. Proposition 16 will strike out and eliminate this language from the California Constitution. No substitute is provided: “The State SHALL NOT discriminate against, or grant PREFERENTIAL treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.”

If diversity is the goal (according to this article) why eliminate the Constitution that says you cannot benefit one race/gender over another? Why not propose a proposition that says requires diversity? If you specifically prefer one race/gender over another isn’t THAT discrimination?

In the short run, Proposition 16 will hurt Asians given their higher performances in College admissions today. In the long run, it hurts everyone and it hurts our state because Prop 16 will eliminate equal opportunity and fair competition which has made California one of the most prosperous and diversified states in the whole country.

Prop 16 will legalize discrimination and waste tax money to fund the bureaucracy. California doesn’t need it.

]]> By: Lin Zhao https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/10/01/calchamber-takes-position-on-prop-16-prop-23/#comment-78710 Lin Zhao Fri, 02 Oct 2020 13:11:04 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=33979#comment-78710 Prop 16 reduces competition and increases cost in state contracting. Competitors would be shut out when the state has blank check to select vendors by race. In fact the main donor to the yes 16 campaign is a blac real estate developer Wayne Jordan who would benefit greatly. It worries me that free market leader like CalChamer are also hijacked by the ideology of the radical left. Prop 16 reduces competition and increases cost in state contracting. Competitors would be shut out when the state has blank check to select vendors by race.

In fact the main donor to the yes 16 campaign is a blac real estate developer Wayne Jordan who would benefit greatly.

It worries me that free market leader like CalChamer are also hijacked by the ideology of the radical left.

]]> By: Lin Zhao https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2020/10/01/calchamber-takes-position-on-prop-16-prop-23/#comment-78704 Lin Zhao Fri, 02 Oct 2020 12:56:11 +0000 https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/?p=33979#comment-78704 No on Prop 16. The poor of all races deserve a chance. Equity should be class based not race based. No on Prop 16. The poor of all races deserve a chance. Equity should be class based not race based.

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