EXCLUSIVE: CA State Bar Reviewing Allegations AG Bonta Misrepresented the Law to Intimidate School BoardBy Jennifer Van Laar
August 22, 2023
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been quite vocal about his plans to punish school boards that implement policies to preserve parental rights and reject his extremist agenda and, as we've covered, the state's Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction have gotten in on the action, too. When Chino Valley Unified School District proposed a new policy requiring that parents be informed within 72 hours if their child requested to play a gender-based sport or use a restroom that didn't match their biological gender, Attorney General Rob Bonta first told them they'd better not, then after it passed he initiated a civil rights investigation into the district.
Bonta's investigation is, in reality, using his office and status as the state's top law enforcement officer to engage in blatant retaliation and intimidation, and now the California State Bar is reviewing a complaint filed by the California Policy Center (CPC) alleging that the AG violated "California Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4 (c) and California Business and Professions Code section 6106" and that "his statements constitute acts of moral turpitude, dishonesty, and corruption and were intentional, reckless or grossly negligent acts of deceit."
In Bonta's July 20, 2023 letter to CVUSD's superintendent (which is apparently the framework for his civil rights investigation, since the only thing he's released since then is the press release about the investigation), Bonta claims that the sharing of information about a student's gender identity with their parents violates the student's privacy rights and that "students do not waive their reasonable expectation of privacy simply by expressing their gender identity in school."
He also cited a California Department of Education FAQ page which includes guidance for school boards on how to apply a state antidiscrimination law - but he doesn't note that what he's citing is simply guidance, not law. He characterizes it as "instruction," which is a bit more serious than guidance, and seems intentionally designed to lead the school board to believe that it's a directive, not a suggestion.
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Source:
https://redstate.com/jenvanlaar/2023/08/22/exclusive-ca-state-bar-investigating-complaint-against-ag-rob-bonta-for-misstating-federal-education-law-n2162790
