Government,
Constitutional Law
Apr. 12, 2019
Citizenship question threatens integrity of the census and state funding
The Constitution requires a census that is an “actual Enumeration” that counts the whole number of persons in each state. That command cannot be met if Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross is allowed to include this politically motivated question.
Toni G. Atkins
Senator
California Senate
Toni is president pro tempore of the California Senate. Having previously served as speaker of the California Assembly, she began her tenure in the Senate in 2016. As senator for District 39, she represents the cities of San Diego, Coronado, Del Mar and Solana Beach.
Anthony Rendon
Assemblymember
California State Assembly
Anthony has been speaker of the Assembly since March 2016. He represents the 63rd Assembly District in Southeast Los Angeles County.
As the leaders of one of California's three co-equal branches of government, we recently filed a brief amicus curiae in support of the state and local plaintiffs in United States Department of Commerce v. State of New York, which determined that political manipulation by Commerce Secreta...
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