While gathering signatures for a proposed California ballot measure, Korey Wells found people who had opposed allowing boys to play girls scholastic sports, but nevertheless “refused to sign and/or donate” to an initiative that would prevent it.
The reason was “because they do not believe the substance of the Initiative could be so different than a plain-reading of the title and summary,” Wells said, according to a brief filed last week in the California Third District Court of Appeals.
Advocates are taking another shot at a 2026 ballot measure—which would ensure female athletes compete only against other female athletes in middle and high school sports—after falling short on signatures for 2024.
Proponents of the Protect Kids of California Act of 2024 are suing California Attorney General Robert Bonta for giving the measure the title “Restricts…
