The Californians for Equal Rights Foundation (CFER) and two co-plaintiffs filed a complaint against Alameda County in the Superior Court of California of Alameda on July 25, alleging that state programs encourage racial quotas.
“The argument of the lawsuit is that the Alameda County government is violating both the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the California state constitution, the equal protection clause in the state constitutions,” CFER executive director Wenyuan Wu told NTD, a sister outlet of The Epoch Times.
Represented by Pacific Legal Foundation (PLF), CFER and its co-plaintiffs are suing [pdf] over the Alameda County Construction Compliance Program [pdf] and Enhanced Construction Outreach Program. Both programs set aside 15 percent of “participation goals” for minority-owned businesses that bid for county construction projects….