Certified Woman
Business Enterprise WBE
Why has the WBE program
continued after the passage of
I-200? Didn't I-200 repeal
affirmative action?
The WBE program continues because
its objectives are consistent with
the policy set forth in I-200. In
relevant part, the initiative
refined California's existing
anti-discrimination law to prohibit
discrimination against, or the grant
of preferential treatment to, any
individual or group on the basis of
race, sex, color, ethnicity, or
national origin in public
contracting.
What are some examples of
the "preferential treatment"
prohibited by I-200?
I-200 did not define the term
"preferential treatment" for M / WBE
{a.k.a. woman owned business } and
the term has yet to be defined by
the courts or the legislature.
However, when I-200 was passed state
agencies and educational
institutions reviewed their
administrative regulations, programs
and practices to identify and
discontinue any that might be
considered to constitute
preferential treatment in order to
ensure they were not in violation of
I-200.
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