San Diego middle schools are entering a local controversy for trans students using girls' locker rooms.
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted against measures to implement women and girls under the Sports Act on Tuesday.
Jim Desmond, vice-chairman of the San Diego County Board of Supervisors, announced the proposal at the San Diego Board of Supervisors on Tuesday. However, the measure did not receive votes from other supervisors other than Desmond.
“People have already come to meet with their hearts and make up for this,” Desmond told Fox News Digital.
“The rest were mothers and I didn't think it was fair or safe for men to play with girls and women's safety, so perhaps the room was 60-40 in favor of having them play, but that's just I think it's a vote for who could take the day off and come here.
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Tuesday's meeting featured several discussions from those involved who expressed concern about their daughters being forced to share a locker room with a biological man.
The controversial middle school, San Eliho Middle School, provided a statement to Fox News Digital, allowing trans students to access the school's obligation to comply with the school's state law.
“California public school districts are in compliance with and must act according to California and California Education Act,” reads a statement from San Elijo Middle School.
“As a California public school district, we will follow state laws and guidance from the California Department of Education to ensure that all students treat dignity, respect and equity. In accordance with the state's protection and anti-discrimination laws.”
President Donald Trump signed the executive order of “No Men in Men in Women's Sports” last Wednesday, allowing biological men to compete with girls and women Cut the agency's federal funding.
However, several states, including California, have insisted they would not follow Trump's orders. According to USA facts, California public schools receive around $16.8 billion a year. This is one for 13.9% or $7 public school funding.
The California Inter-Calif. Federation of Governance (CIF) said it follows state laws that allow athletes to participate as specific genders, a spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
“CIF provides students with the opportunity to belong to, connect and compete in education-based experiences complying with California laws (educational code 221.5. (f)), and students participate in athletic teams, athletic teams and activities. We will allow it. According to a statement from the CIF, competition that matches the gender identity of a student, regardless of the gender listed in the student's records, states.
Desmond said many of his local members reached out to him expressing concern and distrust about the state's handling of the situation.
“They think it's crazy and they've heard the question, 'Is it even legal?'” Desmond said.
For Desmond, as a Republican, he sees Democrats as an issue that continues to undermine his support for his state's party by refusing to adhere to Trump's orders.
“These people didn't get a message in the last election and they're just digging deep into the holes. They're doubling and digging their heels in the ground,” Desmond said. He thinks and hopes that the trans-athlete debate will strengthen Republican support in California.
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“I think it gives us strength to stand up in a new administration and do the right thing. That's all we're trying to do. We're not trying to discriminate against anyone. If you want to be trans, if you want to identify different (gender), for that, you have that right, but where your rights end, someone has 30 girls Do you have to leave and change other places? Not right, we need a better system.”
California's decision not to comply with Trump's orders has recently prompted protests and even threats in lawsuits by state residents.
On Friday, residents gathered in Long Beach, California to protest outside the CIF Federation Board meeting. Protesters then spoke at a board meeting, appealing CIF officials to comply with the president's orders, threatening civil lawsuits against the CIF and the state.
There is currently one lawsuit against the CIF and state attorney general Rob Bonta. This is about the situation at Martin Luther King High School, involving trans athletes on the women's cross-country team.
A recent school board meeting by the Riverside Unified School District on December 19th saw a parade of parents denounce the board of directors to allow trans athletes on the Martin Luther King Girls Cross Country Team. The lawsuit filed by two girls on the team alleges that the T-shirt that protested the player was compared to sw only because they said it would “save girls' sports.”
The father of a girl who lost a varsity spot to a trans athlete was previously told by Fox News Digital that his daughter and other girls at school “transgender people have more rights than Cisgender.” .
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It's one controversy in the state that erupted last year from laws that allow for transport to girls' sports.
The Stoneridge Christian High School girls' volleyball team was scheduled to face San Francisco Waldorf in the Northern California Division 6 tournament, but made an announcement just before the announcement regarding the presence of a trans athlete on the team.
According to ABC 7, the transgender volleyball player was booed and harassed during an October 12 match against Half Moon Bay High School in Notre Dame Belmont, California.
California Legislature member Kate Sanchez announced on January 7 that she had introduced a bill that would ban trans athletes from competing in women's and women's sports.
Sanchez proposes protecting the Women's Sports Act to the state legislature. Currently, 25 states have similar laws.
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