Proposal to limit transgender youth rights fails to qualify for California's November ballotFull ArticleLos Angeles Times - Mackenzie Mays, Staff Writer
May 28, 2024 3:44 PM PT
A measure that would have required schools to notify parents about their child's gender identity and limited transgender youth medical care has failed to get enough signatures in support to qualify for the November ballot, proponents said Tuesday.
The proposal sought to notify parents if their child changes their name or pronouns at school or requests to use facilities or play sports that don't match their gender on official records. It also would have banned California doctors from prescribing hormones or otherwise providing gender-affirming care to minors.
For the measure to qualify for the ballot, proponents had to submit the signatures of more than half a million registered voters by Tuesday, the deadline set by the California secretary of state.
The campaign fell short but gathered more than 400,000 signatures, according to Jonathan Zachreson, a Roseville school board member who was leading the initiative.
[California Atty. Gen. Rob] Bonta also challenged the ballot title of the proposed measure that fell short Tuesday. Last month, a Sacramento Superior Court Judge tentatively sided with Bonta, who titled the measure the "Restrict Rights of Transgender Youth" initiative, while backers wanted to call it the "Protect Kids of California Act."------------------
