San Francisco Chronicle, October 2, 2011 by Nanette Asimov
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/02/BA301LBD9Q.DTL&type=printable
Currently, Oppenheimer said, college admissions officials may take into consideration whether applicants have had to overcome a disadvantage—but they can’t use race to determine if there has been a disadvantage. “This (bill) would permit that, as long as it doesn’t constitute a preference,” he said.