GOVERNOR LISTS LAWS AFFECTED BY PROP. 209; WILSON SAYS STATUTES MUST BE AMENDED.Byline: Rick Orlov Daily News Staff Writer Gov. Pete Wilson For others named Pete Wilson, see . Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23, 1933) is an American Republican politician from California. Wilson served as the thirty-sixth Governor of California (1991–1999), the culmination of more than three decades in the public arena that on Tuesday released a list of more than 30 state laws covering everything from college admissions to government contracts that he said need to be amended or repealed to comply with Proposition 209. Wilson, joined by Proposition 209 chairman Ward Connerly Wardell Connerly (born June 15, 1939) is a political activist, businessman, and former University of California Regent. He is also the founder and the chairman of the American Civil Rights Institute, a national non-profit organization in opposition to racial and gender preferences. at a Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. news conference, said he will forward the list to the state Legislature A state legislature may refer to a legislative branch or body of a political subdivision in a federal system. The following legislatures exist in the following political subdivisions: ``We now have the opportunity to establish California as America's first true colorblind col·or·blind or col·or-blind adj. Partially or totally unable to distinguish certain colors. society - one in which individuals are judged by the content of their character, not the color of their skin,'' the governor said. Wilson said lawmakers must act quickly to conform with the proposition and avoid costly private lawsuits. As an example, he said the Pacific Legal Foundation has filed suit against the city of San Jose for measures that give preferences based on race or gender. The constitutionality of the measure, approved by voters in 1996, was upheld last month by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to delay its implementation. Opponents to the measure, which bans the awarding of contracts, employment or school admissions that give preferences based on race or gender, are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the law. The governor's plan drew immediate criticism from Mark Rosenbaum of the American Civil Liberties Union American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), nonpartisan organization devoted to the preservation and extension of the basic rights set forth in the U.S. Constitution. . ``I think it underscores the importance of the Supreme Court taking the case,'' Rosenbaum said. ``The governor's hit list would mean that California can no longer claim to be the land of equal opportunity.'' The statutes cited by Wilson as needing change were identified by state agencies after Proposition 209 was approved. The biggest impact, Wilson aides said, is expected to be in the award of contracts in the future, with the state issuing some $780 million in contracts each year. Others deal with special recruitment programs for nurses and medical schools, California State University Enrollment  and community college admissions and various contracting programs. ``Most of these have a simple boilerplate A phrase or body of text used verbatim in different documents such as a signature at the end of a letter. Boilerplate is widely used in the legal profession as many paragraphs are used over and over in agreements with little modification or no modification. that needs to be amended to take out the preferences,'' Wilson said. Connerly again defended the purpose of the measure - to do away with preferences. ``When you give someone a handout, you are not helping them,'' he said. ``This is throwing down a challenge to young people to keep that sharp edge of competition to enable them to be ready to face the world.'' |
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