Smith Collection/Gado / Contributor / Getty Images By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated July 31, 2024
The California Statewide Ebony Alert Program “is a resource available to law enforcement agencies investigating the suspicious or unexplainable disappearance of a Black woman or Black persons.” As of July 26, 2024, only 28 Ebony Alerts have been issued since becoming law in January, per local news outlet KCRA 3.
Sen. Steven Bradford who authored the law,