The California Legislature on Tuesday sent the governor a measure that would bar the naming of public buildings, including schools, after Confederate leaders from the Civil War.
Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) said the bill "shines the light" on the practice of naming buildings in a way "where we are celebrating traitorous leaders" who "attempted to break our nation in two to continue to enslave black people."
His bill would affect two schools named after Gen. Robert E. Lee, one in Long Beach and the other in San Diego.
Senate passed the bill, SB 539, by a 31-2 vote, with two Republicans voting against the measure.