California Senate to Vote on Mascot Bill.

California is about to be one step closer to a proposed ban on the "Redskin" mascot -- if Assemblywoman Jackie Goldberg is has her way.  The very vocal civil rights activist, and elected legislator for California's 45th district, proposed the legislation back in 2003.  That bill would have banned such mascot names as "Indians", "Apaches", "Braves", and others deemed offensive to Native American people.  The current legislation, which passed the California Assembly easily months ago, is a much smaller bill, specifically banning only the "Redskin" mascot.  That word, Goldberg told NAT back in March was the "equivalent to any other racial epithet." "The bill is on reconsideration in the Senate," Goldberg told NAT.  "We will take it up, probably, [this] Thursday." [more]