CBS Los Angeles News 03/04/2022

CBS Los Angeles News 03/04/2022

 01 Law professor explains court choice ruling CA corporate range law 'unconstitutional'

CBS Los Angeles News 03/04/2022

MAY END UP BLESSING WARMER THAN YOUR LEGAL EXPERTS ARE BUZZING ABOUT THE MAJOR COURT DECISION IT YESTERDAY AND LA JUDGE RULED THE CALIFORNIA LAND BLOCK MANDATING THAT CORPORATIONS DIVERSIFY THEIR BARS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL'S.

CHRIS: AND I SPOKE WITH LAW PROFESSOR FOR SOME ANALYSIS OF THE LAW AND ALSO THE LATEST RULING.

>> WE ARE DEALING HERE WITH A LAW THAT TRYING TO CREATE MORE DIVERSITY ON CORPORATE BOARDS AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LACKING IN CALIFORNIA AND MANY OTHER STATES AND BASICALLY WITH THIS LAW SAID IS THAT WHEN IT COMES TO SMALLER BOARDS,

WE NEED TO HAVE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF MEMBERS AND THE AT LEAST TWO MEMBERS NEED TO BE MEMBERS OF A MINORITY GROUP OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND THEN FOR BIGGER, NINE OR MORE,

YOU NEED MORE MEMBERS WHO ARE MINORITIES ARE MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY AND THIS IS A LAW AGAIN INTENDED TO TRY TO CREATE MORE DIVERSE CORPORATE BOARDS AND MORE THAN LOOK MORE LIKE CALIFORNIA AND THIS LAW WAS CHALLENGED BY CONSERVATIVE GROUP AND IF RECENTLY AND LA JUDGE JUST SAID, I'M LOOKING AT THIS LINE OF LOOKING AT THE GOVERNING CONSTITUTION IT VIOLATES EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE IN THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT ESSENTIALLY ACTS AS A RACIAL QUOTA REQUIRING THAT A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PEOPLE BE IN THESE POSITIONS ON THE BOARDS AND SO THE POLICY GOAL HERE WAS TO HAVE THE LEADERSHIP IN A HAVE THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOOK MORE LIKE CORPORATIONS A LOOK MORE LIKE THE REST OF CALIFORNIA AND WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO REPRESENTATION AND NOT JUST A GOVERNMENT BUT IN PRIVATE BUSINESS IS AND THIS LAW PROVIDED TO SELL PART OF THE PROBLEM OF REPRESENTATION IS ALSO PLENTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE STUDIES THAT INDICATE THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A DIVERSITY OF LEADERS, MEANING A DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE OF GENDER, RACIAL BACKGROUND, LGBTQ STATUS, THAT YOU GET BETTER POLICY OUTCOMES WAS TRYING TO SOLVE A PUNCH OF DIFFERENT PROBLEMS PRETTY AND NOW THAT IS THE POLICY GOAL OF THE PROBLEM AND,

I THANK YOU SO THAT THERE IS A LEGAL PROBLEM IN THE SENSE THAT IT LOOKS% LIKE A QUOTA AND UNDER THE EQUAL PROTECTION CLAUSE WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL ABOUT ANYTHING THAT LOOKS LIKE A ONE OH, AND YOU CAN HAVE THE BEST POLICY GOALS IN THE WORLD, BUT IF IT LOOKS LIKE PRINCES, IMPERMISSIBLE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE A LEGAL PROBLEM I THINK THE BEST WAY TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH THIS DIVERSITY WHICH IS MUCH NEEDED IT IS TO INCENTIVIZE THE CORPORATION TO DO THIS AND FOR THEM TO WANT TO DO IT ON THEIR OWN AND THE PEOPLE IN FAVOR OF THE SAW SAID THAT WE'VE WAITED REALLY LONG TIME AND DIVERSITY IT STILL LACKING A WEEK HAVE TO PASS A LAW AND GIVING THOUGH THAT THIS LAW IS FACING A SIGNIFICANTLY EAGLE CHALLENGES PROBLEMS I THINK WERE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IS RELIED CULTURAL SHIFTS SO THE PEOPLE IN THE POWER SAY, ON THEIR OWN,

I WANT THIS CORPORATION TO LOOK MORE LIKE THE REST OF CALIFORNIA TO LOOK MORE LIKE CONSUMERS ARE MORE LIKE ALL OF THE WORKERS, NOT JUST THE WORKERS IN LEADERSHIP POSITIONS SO, YES, I HOPE THERE IS A CULTURAL SHIFT BECAUSE IT IS MUCH NEEDED AND AGAIN I DON'T THINK IT WILL HAPPEN AS A RESULT OF THIS LAW THOUGH.

CHRIS: SO FAR NO COMPANY SEVEN RIGHT HOWEVER THE STATE ARGUED THAT NO TAX DOLLARS HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SPENT TO ENFORCE THE MEASURE.

LESLEY: IN THE MEANTIME ANOTHER LAWSUITVE CHALLENGIN

02  Santa Monica named as one of the most dangerous towns in California

CBS Los Angeles News 03/04/2022

SANTA MONICA ONE OF CALIFORNIA'S LEAST SAFE CITIES. IN A REPORT LOOKING AT CRIME RATE SAYS YES AND A PER SE IT'S TIME TO FOCUS ON MAKING THE CITY  SAFER AGAIN.

RICK MONTANEZ IS LIVE IN SANTA MONICA WITH REACTION AND TO LOOK AT THOSE STATISTICS. REPORTER: THERE'S A LOT THAT THE DESTINATION CITY.

APPEARED EACH OF THE SHOPPING AND EVERYONE WE TALKED TO WHO LIVES HERE SAID THEY ARE SURPRISED TO SEE SANTA MONICA ON THAT LIST.

SANTA MONICA IS KNOWN FOR PRISTINE VIEWS. LIVE MUSIC AND DANCING AT THE THIRD STREET, NOT IN STROLLS ALONG THE PIER BUT THERE IS THE SPOTLIGHT.

AT 224th OUT OF 230 SAFE BOYS.COM SAFEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA. A LIFELONG RESIDENT IN THIS RANKING FOR HER IS THE NEWS.

>> AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT. TWO FACTORS FOR SAFETY RATINGS ARE PROPERTY AND VIOLENT CRIME. BOTH OUR PROBLEM. SANTA MONICA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH SUFFERED A LOSS WHEN SO MUCH DAMAGE TO OFFERING CONTAINERS AND STOLE LIVESTREAMING EQUIPMENT. LAST OCTOBER 1 AND WAS BEATEN AND STABBED UNDERWAY TO AN EXERCISE CLASS.

>> EVERYBODY IS IN A CONSTANT STATE OF ALERTNESS AND NERVOUSNESS AND IT SEEMS EVERYONE IS LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER REPORTER: COUNCILMAN BILL BROCK SAID HE AND OTHERS ARE WORKING ON SAVE DAY.

>> A LOT OF US IS HAVING NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHES AND NOT TO LET PEOPLE GO UNINTENDED FROM THE STREET SERVICES TO MEDICAL SERVICES AND WE ARE ACTIVELY STOPPING THOSE PEOPLE FROM BEING ON THE STREET TO REPORTER: TO SOUTHLAND CITIES WILL BRING TO LOWER. COMPTON CAME IN AT 225 IN SAN BERNARDINO RANKED SECOND TO LAST. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SCALE RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA MOOR PARK RANKED SECOND AND THIRD. NEIGHBORS SAY THEY ARE SEEING SOME ACTION LIKE THIS SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM THAT WAS JUST SET UP. SHE HOPES TO SEE HER CITY RISE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SAFETY LISTS.

>> THAT'S NOT THE SANTA MONICA THAT WE KNEW AND LOVED. WE STILL LOVE IT. WE WANTED TO BE SAFE OR REPORTER: A TASK WITH NO SIMPLE SOLUTION. I REACHED OUT TO THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA PORTER OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO THE RANKING. THE CITY SAID IN AN E-MAIL THAT VIOLENT CRIME HAS GONE DOWN EACH YEAR SINCE 2018. 

THE CITY HOPES THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CAN BUILD ON THAT MOMENTUM AND NC AT CRIME STATISTICS CONTINUED DOWNWARD.

Regards,

Asgher Latif