California is 1st state to require women on corporate boards

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California has become the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors.
Gov. Jerry Brown approved the legislation Sunday that forces changes at California-based corporations by 2020. Some European countries already require corporate boards to include women.
A fourth of publicly held corporations with headquarters in California don’t have any women on their boards of directors.
State Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson s