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Though a bill decriminalizing loitering for adults with the intent of engaging in sex work was passed by the Legislature last year, it hasn't been sent to the governor's desk yet.
Lawsuit alleges SB 132, which allows incarcerated transgender people to ask for a transfer to a state prison or detention center that matches their gender identity, is unconstitutional under both the federal and state constitutions.
Lawsuit alleges SB 132, which allows incarcerated transgender people to ask for a transfer to a state prison or detention center that matches their gender identity, is unconstitutional under both the federal and state constitutions.
Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a petition of review to the state Supreme Court August 25 in defense of anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ residents of long-term care facilities that were ruled unconstitutional last month by an appellate court.
SACRAMENTO, CA—The California Third District Court of Appeals ruled 3-0 that a 2017 state law requiring employees at long-term care facilities to use patientsâ âpreferredâ pronouns violates First Amendment free speech rights. Taking Offense, an unincorporated association, filed the lawsuit challenging part of Californiaâs Health and Safety Code that requires health facility employees to deny a personâs biological sex and acknowledge a âchosenâ gender or pronoun of a patient. Employees who refused to do so would have faced criminal charges for âmisgen...