BILL NUMBER: AB 2021	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act relating to equal opportunities.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2021, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Equal opportunities.
   The California Constitution prohibits state and local government
agencies from discriminating against or granting preferential
treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex,
color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public
employment, public education, and public contracting.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote equal opportunities for employment,
education, and public contracting.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would promote equal opportunities for employment,
education, and public contracting.