"Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation to study inequalities in youth sports, a move likely to draw ire from Republicans who believe the measure is intended to support transgender athletes. The legislation, Assembly Bill 749, creates a commission to examine whether a new state board or department is needed to improve access to sports regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, income or geographic location."
"In an open letter last month to the governor, Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones (R-Santee) zeroed in on the term "gender identity." "The author and supporters of [this legislation] know if they were upfront and put forth a straightforward bill allowing biological males to compete against young women and girls, it would be easily defeated," Jones wrote on Sept. 26. "So instead they are trying to establish a stacked commission to indirectly rig the issue in their favor." Jones urged Newsom to veto the bill and referenced the governor's previous remarks about transgender athletes."
Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 749 to create a commission studying inequalities in youth sports and whether a new state board or department is needed to improve access across race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, income and geography. Republican leaders criticized the measure, with Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones calling it a covert attempt to allow biological males to compete against young women and girls and urging a veto. Jones referenced the governor's previous remarks calling transgender women's participation "deeply unfair." Assemblymember Tina S. McKinnor defended the bill and urged critics to focus on federal issues. National controversy surrounds legislation referencing gender identity, and public opinion remains complex.
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