To end the regime of race- and sex-based quotas, preferences and set-asides now governing state employment, contracting and education due to years of court decisions and bureaucratic regulations. The noble goal of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -- equality before the law -- has been twisted into government-sanctioned discrimination. This system violates the fundamental principle of equal protection of the law against discrimination on the basis of the immutable characteristics of race, sex, color, ethnicity and national origin. CCRI is needed to end this wasteful and divisive system and restore color-blindness to California law and government. CCRI will help make the California Constitution an instrument of unity, not division.
CCRI prohibits the state of California and local governments from discriminating against or granting preferential treatment to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity or national origin in public employment, public education or public contracting.
CCRI will:
NOT abolish non-discriminatory affirmative action programs by state and
local governments.
NOT impede the enforcement of anti-discrimination laws, or efforts to
include previously excluded citizens.
NOT apply to private sector programs.
NOT abolish programs where sex is a necessary distinction.
NOT invalidate court orders or consent decrees in force when CCRI takes
effect.
NOT render the state ineligible for federal funds.
Yes! Independent opinion surveys show a substantial majority of Californians strongly favor CCRI's passage. Furthermore, an unusually small number of voters are undecided, meaning our opponents face the daunting task of changing the minds of millions of voters who are presently solid CCRI supporters.
There are numerous ways in which you can help establish a California where citizens are judged not by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character:
Donate money
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Ask others to donate money.
Circulate petitions
Write letters-to-the-editor
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