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Senate sends Brown bill on Confederate names (CA)
SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
BY ALEXEI KOSEFF
Public schools and roads in California bearing the names of Confederate leaders will soon need to rebrand if Gov. Jerry Brown signs Senate Bill 539.
The state Senate on Tuesday voted 31-2 to send the measure to the governor’s desk ...
Among those institutions that would be affected are two elementary schools in Southern California named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ...
http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article34394616.html