The Los Angeles Times former California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson ’71 about the effect of Senate Bill 826, which requires publicly-traded companies in California to diversify their boardrooms. As a state senator, Jackson championed the bill, which was signed into law in 2018; the legislation is now having a ripple effect on boardrooms across the country, the Times reports. 鈥淲e weren鈥檛 able to get companies there using reason and data,鈥� Jackson said. 鈥淪o we required they get there. California has a history of leading the nation in a variety of areas, and this was a first.鈥�