Judicial Watch sues California to prevent enforcement of race, ethnicity, sexual preference and transgender status quotas for corporate boards of directors

WASHINGTON – Judicial Watch announced recently that it filed a lawsuit in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County on behalf of three California taxpayers to prevent California from enforcing Assembly Bill 979, which Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Wednesday, Sept. 30. The bill requires that boards of directors of California-based, publicly held domestic or foreign corporations satisfy racial, ethnicity, sexual preference and transgender status quotas by the end of the 2021 calendar year. A Senate floor analysis said the bill draws distinctions based on race and ethnicity, and...