State Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a petition of review to the state Supreme Court August 25 in defense of anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ residents of long-term care facilities that were ruled unconstitutional last month by a California appellate court.
The protections were codified into law as part of the LGBTQ Senior Bill of Rights, which was enacted through Senate Bill 219 by the California Legislature in 2017.
Gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) authored the legislation, which was signed by former governor Jerry Brown (D).
In the brief, Bonta urges the California Supreme Court to review what a news release from his office called "the Court of Appeal's erroneous decision, and restore SB 219's protections for