ADVISORY/San Diego Strikes Word "Minority" from Laws.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2001 TOPIC: According to a story by CNN, San Diego's City Council unanimously banned the word 'minority' from city documents and discussions recently arguing that the word is "disparaging." According to the story, one councilman reportedly said people sometimes expect less of those labeled as minorities, another said changing demographics, highlighted by the recent census results, make the term moot. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Prof. Eugene Grigsby works at the School of Public Policy and Social Research at UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX . His research has focused on urban housing, land use and economic development strategies. An internationally recognized expert in urban development strategies, he is the author of "Residential Apartheid: The American Legacy," which received the 1996 Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award. As director of the Advanced Policy Institute, he works to improve the performance of public agencies, nonprofit organizations and private firms through training programs, technical assistance and strategic policy conferences. PR: Carol Tucker tucker@sppsr.ucla.edu Antonio Flores Antonio Flores (November 14, 1961-May 30, 1995), born Antonio González Flores, was a Spanish singer-songwriter and actor. He was the only male child of singers and actors Antonio González 'El Pescaílla' and Lola Flores. heads the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU HACU Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities HACU HealthAmerica Credit Union (Jacksonville, Florida) ). He is able to discuss issues affecting minorities and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. . PR: Aileen Salinas Salinas, city, United States Salinas (səlē`nəs), city (1990 pop. 108,777), seat of Monterey co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. It is the shipping and processing center of a fertile valley famous for its grain and lettuce. 210/692-3805; asalinas@hacu.net Ms. Sharon Browne litigates cases involving individual rights in such areas as education, bilingual education bilingual education, the sanctioned use of more than one language in U.S. education. The Bilingual Education Act (1968), combined with a Supreme Court decision (1974) mandating help for students with limited English proficiency, requires instruction in the native , civil rights and discrimination. Ms. Browne was lead attorney in Hi-Voltage Wire Works v. San Jose, a unanimous opinion of the California Supreme court strengthening the scope of Proposition 209, the California Civil Rights Initiative. Ms. Browne is a graduate of McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, joining PLF Noun 1. PLF - a terrorist group formed in 1977 as the result of a split with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; became a satellite of al-Fatah; made terrorist attacks on Israel across the Lebanese border in 1985. From 1991-1995, she was with the public issues law firm of Zumbrun, Best & Findley in Sacramento where she specialized in land use and education law. Ms. Browne has also served as an adjunct professor of law at the University of Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento. Her most recent published article is titled, "Administrative Mandamus mandamus (măndā`məs) [Lat.,=we order], in law, writ directing the performance of ministerial acts. A ministerial act is one that a person or body is obliged by law to perform under given circumstances; e.g. as a Prerequisite to Inverse Condemnation inverse condemnation n. the taking of property by a government agency which so greatly damages the use of a parcel of real property that it is the equivalent of condemnation of the entire property. : 'Healing California's Confused Takings Law,'" Pepperdine Law Review, Volume 22, Page 99 (1994). She has also published articles in the UCLA Journal of Education, Education Law Reporter, and Thrust for Educational Leadership. 916/362-2833; slb@pacificlegal.org Prof. Melissa Essary teaches law at Baylor University, her expertise includes discrimination law. 254/710-4396. ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource, a collaboration of Business Wire and The Round Table Group, provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. 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