AB 2881

Bill Subjects

Abstract

Existing law prohibits a city, county, city and county, or special district from discriminating against any person on the basis of gender in the operation, conduct, or administration of community youth athletics programs, as defined, or in the allocation of parks and recreation facilities and resources, as defined, that support or enable these programs. This bill would repeal and re-enact that law as the Fair Play in Community Sports Act and would also enact additional data reporting and antidiscrimination policy requirements as part of the act. The act would define a local agency as a city, county, city and county, or special district. As part of the act, the bill would also require a local agency that has a community youth athletics program to publicly make available at the end of each calendar year, beginning in 2021 and annually thereafter, certain data regarding the program. The bill would require the local agency to post the data prominently on the internet website of the local agency or county or counties that the local agency serves or is a part of. The bill would require a local agency to provide the data to the Department of Parks and Recreation and to maintain the materials the local agency used to compile the data for at least 3 years after the data is posted on the internet website. This bill would require a local agency to adopt a nondiscrimination policy with specified provisions, including procedures for filing a grievance with the local agency regarding discrimination on the basis of sex or gender in a local agency's community youth athletics program. The bill would require the policy to be prominently posted on the internet website of the local agency or county or counties that the local agency serves or is a part of. This bill would also require the department to compile the local agency data into a publicly available annual report and post, by the end of each calendar year, beginning in 2022 and annually thereafter, the report on the department's internet website, as specified. The bill would also require the department to provide technical assistance and guidance on the obligations of local agencies under the act, including, but not limited to, data reporting requirements. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, this bill would require the department to establish and administer a training support program to train the department's and local agency's staff on specified matters regarding gender equity in community youth athletics programs. The bill permits the department to allocate 16 of the moneys to establish and administer the training support program and a competitive grant program and to train the department's staff under the program. The bill also requires the department to allocate the remaining moneys for competitive grants to local agencies for purposes of funding the training of local agency staff on the specified matters regarding gender equity in community youth athletics programs. The bill requires the department to develop criteria and guidelines, as specified, for awarding and using the grant funds. By requiring cities, counties, cities and counties, and special districts to collect, publish, and maintain specified data and to adopt a nondiscrimination policy, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.