onward Tuesday, November 5, 1996 California voter amended their state constitution on approving Proposition 209, sometimes referr to as the California Civil Rights Initiative or CCRI. The promised tally was 54.6% - 454% a margin of nearly 900000 consecrated by a vows Proposition 209's first clause reads: (a) The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or form into groups on the basis of race, sex color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public avocation public education, or public contracting.(1) The