In the new year, we are staying busy and keeping our pledge to carry on the important work of safeguarding equality.

On December 31, 2024, CFER filed a new lawsuit to defend our constitutional guarantee of equal protections. In CALIFORNIANS FOR EQUAL RIGHTS FOUNDATION, et al. vs COUNTY OF. SACRAMENTO, et al., we are challenging a race-preferential welfare program in Sacramento that is only available to low-income parents of “child age 5 or younger, who is Black, American Indian, or Alaska Native.” The program is called “Family First Economic Support Pilot (FFESP).”

Represented by the American Civil Rights Project and co-counsel, our lawsuit alleges that Sacramento’s “government-sponsored and publicly funded program…designed to select beneficiaries on a racially exclusionary basis” is unconstitutional.

We will prevail in our endeavor to hold Sacramento County accountable and stop its racially discriminatory program.

Even though California is the first state to ban government preferences through the passage of Prop. 209, public agencies at state and local levels under the far-left leadership of Governor Newsom have never shied away from assaulting equality. From spending public funds on race-/gender-based guaranteed income programs (San Francisco), to giving minority-owned businesses favorable considerations in public contracts (Alameda), to excluding White home buyers in government mortgage assistance (San Diego), examples abound.

Thanks to our partners who alert us to these problematic policies and to public interest law groups such as the Pacific Legal Foundation and the American Civil Rights Project, CFER has been able to launch a series oflawsuits in defense of equality, many of which have resulted in victories. We are a faithful watchdog ready and willing to take the government to court to stop unconstitutional practices and programs.

As in previous cases, our latest lawsuit against Sacramento is a collaboration among whistleblowers, local stakeholders and public interest law. Our goal is to mount more legal challenges to check the far-left apparatus’s obsession with race and identity politics. To accomplish that, we need eyes and ears on the ground. So, if you see any public program in your local area that is potentially violating the constitutional ban on government preferences, will you alert CFER by writing to us at info@cferfoundation.org?

More importantly, our ability to stay proactive and engaged in the fight depends on your financial support. To help CFER expand our legal advocacy operations, will you please consider making a kind donation to us today?