Small business owners filed a motion today asking to intervene in a lawsuit that seeks to dismantle Caltrans’ Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE). The group of business owners asking to intervene oppose the lawsuit and support the DBE program, which aims to give minority and women-owned businesses equal opportunity to compete for federal contracts. “SmallContinueContinue reading “Minority, Women-Owned Small Businesses Seek Role in Caltrans Contracting Suit”
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Op-ed: ‘AG’s Prop 209 stance in sync with Constitution’
The following op-ed, titled “AG’s Prop 209 stance in sync with Constitution,” by Dennis Herrera, Eva Paterson and Oren Sellstrom was published in The Recorder today. The Pacific Legal Foundation continues its assault on equal opportunity and fairness by attacking the California state Department of Justice’s brief to the California Supreme Court on the constitutionalityContinueContinue reading “Op-ed: ‘AG’s Prop 209 stance in sync with Constitution’”
Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases
UPDATE: Article by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bob Egelko. California State Attorney General Jerry Brown today filed a brief (PDF) with the state Supreme Court today opining that article 1, section 31 of the California Constitution (Prop. 209) is unconstitutional as applied in certain circumstances. The letter brief was filed in response to the SupremeContinueContinue reading “Calif. Attorney General Says Prop. 209 Unconstitutional in Some Cases”