Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that makes California the latest state to ban legacy and donor admissions in higher education, including at Stanford and USC.

The change will affect Stanford University, the University of Southern California and other private colleges in the state.

The California Dream shouldn’t be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we’re opening the door,” said Gov. Gavin Newsom

California has become the second state to prohibit private colleges and universities from giving extra consideration to applicants who are related to alumni or donors. AB1780, signed into law by Gov.

The change will affect Stanford University, the University of Southern California and other private colleges in the state.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill prohibiting private nonprofit colleges from granting admission advantages to students whose parents donated or attended the same school on Monday. The law impacts a few private universities that still consider family connections in admissions.

California has become the fourth state to ban legacy admissions. The move comes after the SCOTUS decision to limit affirmative action.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law banning legacy preferences at private universities, joining a budding movement to end a longstanding practice giving the children of alumni and donors a leg up in the college admissions process.

Public universities in California won’t be affected by the change. California State University does not consider legacy or donor ties, and the University of California system stopped doing so in 1998, two years after California voters banned race-conscious admissions through a statewide ballot measure.

California’s private nonprofit colleges will no longer be able grant students an admissions advantage if their parents donated to or went to the same college after Gov. Newsom signed a lawbanning the practice.