"A new bill being considered by the California State Senate would
punish people who 'willfully and repeatedly' refuse 'to use a
transgender resident’s preferred name or pronouns' in a public health,
retirement or housing institution."
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If this new bill passes, the new 'criminals' will have a lot of company: See trends.vera.org for incarceration trends in California. Or, if you prefer the big picture, read the following article by Fareed Zakaria, that appeared in Time magazine April 02, 2012:
Here is a short but very relevant, quote from this article:
"Since 1980, California has built one college campus and 21 prisons. A
college student costs the state $8,667 per year; a prisoner costs it
$45,006 a year."
