They never give up this dangerous agenda for state-sponsored discrimination! Against strong public opinions against racial preferences and persistent ballot voting records, several California lawmakers are attempting to erode our state constitutional principle of equal treatment again with a new bill called ACA-7.

If passed, ACA-7 would allow the state to provide funding for “research-based, or research-informed, and culturally specific programs based on race, color, ethnicity, national origin, or marginalized genders, sexes, or sexual orientations designed to improve outcomes for people in those groups.” In other words, it seeks to circumvent the California State Constitution Article I Section 31(a) (Prop. 209) with language explicitly contradicting Prop. 209!

Let us not forget: a supermajority of Californian voters (9.65 million) resolutely rejected state-sanctioned preferential treatment by voting down Prop. 16 in 2020. But the progressive status quo seems to be willfully unconcerned with respecting the ballot voting history and public will. Even with a dishonest disclaimer that ACA-7 would not outright repeal the ban on preferences, the bill authors are fully aware that Prop. 209 would be severely mitigated and that is their unambiguous intent.

An interesting correlation between ACA-7’s advancement and CFER’s recent lawsuit on race-preferential welfare programs in San Francisco is not by accident. It shows that the far-left knows what we are challenging would not be constitutional until the constitution is amended. At the national level, ACA-7 proponents are also scheming to offset the upcoming Supreme Court rulings in the Harvard and University of North Carolina cases, which may ban race-conscious college admissions.

Since the California State Legislature has a Democratic supermajority, ACA-7 has been making progress in the committee process. Thanks to our friends at the California Family Council who alerted CFER to ACA-7, we are now closely monitoring this proposal. On June 13 (Tuesday), it is being heard and voted on at the Assembly Judiciary Committee. CFER has registered our opposition and will continue to follow its future developments. In the meantime, please contact your State Representatives to oppose ACA-7.

While the political establishment, backed by unions and race-grifting organizations, wastes public energy and disregards public will to push for outlandish proposals such as ACA-7, we will not let up the righteous fight to defend equality.