Orange County Rally Aims to Keep State Ban on Racial Preferences

Residents gathered at an Irvine Assembly member’s office to protest her support for amending Prop. 209.

Several dozen Orange County residents rally against an attempt to amend California's 27-year-old ban on affirmative action and racial preferences in public policies, outside Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris's office to protest in Irvine, Calif., on April 13, 2024. Mei Lee/The Epoch Times

Orange County residents rallied this month against an attempt to amend the state’s 27-year-old ban on affirmative action and racial preferences in public policies.

Several dozen residents gathered April 13 outside Assemblywoman Cottie Petrie-Norris’s office in Irvine to protest.