Source: SFGate
“On Tuesday, California lawmakers blocked a bill that would have banned transgender athletes from playing on girls’ sports teams. Following a debate, the bill failed to pass out of the Assembly’s Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism on a 6-2 vote, with one member not voting. Assembly Bill 89, authored by Assemblymember Kate Sanchez, a Republican from Rancho Santa Margarita, would have required the California Interscholastic Federation — the state’s governing body for high school sports — to prohibit athletes assigned male at birth from joining girls’ teams. Sanchez argued the bill was ‘about protecting women,’ while Democratic Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva of La Palma called it ‘wrong’ and ‘cruel,’ ABC News reported. The committee’s hearing on the bill drew large crowds, including conservative commentator Matt Walsh and the mother of a transgender athlete.” (04/02/25)