Murrieta Valley board defies California, will keep policy to tell parents about LGBTQ+ transitioning
by Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times— The Murrieta Valley Board of Education has defied a state order — and countermanded its own staff — by reaffirming a policy that requires parents to be notified when students change their gender identity on campus, putting the district at the center of a raging culture-war battle over how best to protect the interests of both students and parents. The board voted 3 to 2 on Thursday night to keep its parent-notification policy, which requires administrators, teachers and counselors to notify...
@sbsun—Chino Valley’s revised parent notification policy targeted by attorney general. Attorney General Rob Bonta seeks to stop enforcement of the rule modified in March to apply to all, not just transgender, students.
San Bernardino Sun—Chino Valley’s revised parent notification policy targeted by attorney general. Attorney General Rob Bonta seeks to stop enforcement of the rule modified in March to apply to all, not just transgender, students.
Los Angeles Times—Supreme Court divided on homelessness case that will affect California encampment policy. Supreme Court justices sounded sharply split Monday over whether to give cities in the West more authority to restrict homeless encampments on sidewalks and other public property. The court's three liberals said they were wary of giving cities a broad and unchecked power to use arrests and fines to punish homeless people who are sleeping outside. "Sleeping is a biological necessity," Justice Elena Kagan said. It "seems like you are criminalizing the status of homelessness," she told a lawyer...