California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday a bill prohibiting schools from banning books on racial or LGBTQ+ teachings that could result in fines for any authority in the state that defies the legislation, reports Axios.
The move against what Newsom calls “textbook censorship in schools” follows an unprecedented wave of book bans in Florida and across the U.S.
The legislation is in direct response to efforts by conservative leadership in some California school districts to censor or remove books — notably one in the Riverside County city of Temecula that opposed featuring content on slain San Francisco gay rights leader Harvey Milk.
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