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Los
Angeles County Superior Court granted summary judgment to
Judicial Watch on Friday. The conservative legal group had
argued the law violates the equal protection clause of
California's constitution. The ruling did not provide Judge
Terry Green's reasoning behind the decision.
The law, passed in 2020, required that publicly traded companies
with a main office in California appoint at least one member of
the Asian, Black, Latino, LGBT, Native American, or Pacific
Islander communities to their boards by the end of 2021 through
either filling a vacant seat or creating a new one.
"This historic California court decision declared
unconstitutional one of the most blatant and significant attacks
in the modern era on constitutional prohibitions against
discrimination," said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.
California's governor, secretary of state, and attorney general
did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The law intends to give minorities a voice within powerful
corporation, Governor Gavin Newsom said when he signed it.
It passed following the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black
man, by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer during an arrest,
which galvanized a national protest movement against racism and
the disproportionate use of police force against Black
Americans.
(Reporting by Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Alistair Bell)
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