Since nation’s first law requiring women on boards, the number of female directors at California companies has doubled

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“This is beneficial for companies, the community and the economy. When you look at the data, clearly companies benefit by having that diversity on their boards,” said former State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, who wrote California's Senate Bill 826.

Publicly traded California companies have nearly doubled the number of female directors on their boards in the three years since a first-in-the-nation law mandating gender diversity on boards was enacted in the state, a new report has found.

The report also found a racial gap, though: “Only 6.6% of total board seats are held by women of color, even though women and girls of color comprise 32% of our state’s population.” A majority of the companies, or 56%, have no “women of color” on their boards. Former State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson, who wrote SB 826, told MarketWatch she’s pleased with the effects of her legislation so far.

 

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Still a racist and xenophobic system. Black Americans (descendants of U.S. chattel slavery) are still locked out.. So not a win...same shit

Makes sense, it was a mandate. The NBA would be half women if it was federally mandated.

That does not really seem like news...

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