removed. rogan made the decision after showing he used the n word repeatedly. christina tollman live in l.a. where are we today on it? good morning, bill. spotify ceo is not cutting ties with talk show host joe rogan. he is the most popular podcaster there. the ceo apologized to his employees over the controversy and in a memo he said i think it s important you are aware we ve had conversations with joe and his team about some of the content in his show including his history of using racially insensitive language. following these discussions and his own reflections he chose to remove a number of episodes from spotify and issued an apology over the weekend. while i strongly condemn what joe has said and agree with his decision to remove past episodes from our platform i realize some want more and i want to make one point very clear. i don t believe silencing joe is the answer. we should have clear lines around content and take action
i don t know but i will find it shortly. dana: i like to give you an assignment. bill: 9:30 in new york. one of the school board members who lost a recall election whacked out of office by more than 70% says the voters ousted with her are aligned with white supremacist. jonathan hunt has the story live in l.a. good morning to you, bill. the divisions among and between school boards and parents across this country seem to become more stark every day. pandemic restrictions a part of that and the handling of racial justice issues another part. in san francisco one of the three school board members voted out in a landslide on tuesday is now implying that white supremacist views may have played a part in her defeat. san francisco unified school district board of education president lopez saying via twitter quote so if you fight for racial justice, this is the
what else are we not allowed to have an opinion about? are white people not allowed to have an opinion on black lives matter or black-on-black crime? should black people not talk about hockey? should country singers not have an opinion on hip hop? how does this work? should new yorkers not have an opinion on people who live in l.a.? should pepsi drinkers not talk about coke? and tiffany, are you not allowed to talk about what gutfeld and i say on the five ? that s our family table, right? she is ridiculous. joining me now is horace cooper, author and co-chair of project 21. i didn t know there were rules about what we were allowed to talk about and not talk about as white people, horace. and i m so glad tiffany explained this to me. great to hear about racism 101 for the 21st century. if we had been at the begin
employees to have a gender-neutral toy aisle. jeff paul the live in l.a. with more. the new law in california doesn t ban your traditional girls and boys sections in stores. it does require larger department stores to have a section that is gender neutral. this only applies to stores with at least 500 employees. clothes aren t included but it will impact toys and childcare items such as toothbrushes. stores like target have done away with some gender-specific product categories starting back in 2015. another new law that involves kids deals with the classroom. governor newsom is making ethnic studies a requirement for all public high school students in order to graduate. this will impact students graduating in the 2029, 2030 school year. one law that is catching some attention also deals with yard maintenance. the golden state will ban the sale of items like gas powered