Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is an American politician and businessman who is the 40th governor of California, serving since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 49th lieutenant governor of California from 2011 to 2019 and as the 42nd mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011.
Lawsuit targets Wiener law to protect incarcerated trans people
ebar.comFour women who are incarcerated filed a federal lawsuit against the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation November 17, seeking the courts to declare gay state Senator Scott Wiener's Senate Bill 132 unconstitutional under both the state and federal constitutions.
As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported>, SB 132 was signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom last year and went into effect in January.
Authored by Wiener (D-San Francisco), it allows incarcerated transgender people to ask for a transfer to a state prison or detention center that matches their gender identity.
The law requires that the CDCR record each individual's self-reported gender identity, gender pronouns, and honorifics. It also requires CDCR to house
