Government As "Woke" Ideology Manager
We have a huge population of homeless people -- many mentally ill and suffering terribly -- living all over the streets of every big city in California, but we need to give Macy's a lesson in shelf-stocking!

Chris Micheli writes at The CA Globe about -- and I know it sounds like a parody -- a new California bill to require "gender-neutral retail departments":

On February 18, Assembly members Evan Low and Cristina Garcia introduced Assembly Bill 1084 to require gender neutral retail departments. The bill would add Part 2.57 (commencing with Section 55.7) to Division 1 of the Civil Code.

Section One of the bill would add Part 2.57, which would be titled "Gender Neutral Retail Departments." The bill would specify legislative findings and declarations that there are unjustified differences in similar products that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys can be more easily identified by the consumer if similar items are displayed closer to one another in one, undivided area of the retail sales floor. In addition, keeping similar items that are traditionally marketed either for girls or for boys separated makes it more difficult for the consumer to compare the products and incorrectly implies that their use by one gender is inappropriate.

The bill would specify that a retail department store that offers childcare items for sale is required to maintain one undivided area of its sales floor where the majority of the childcare items being offered shall be displayed, regardless of whether a particular childcare item has been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys. In addition, a retail department store that offers children's clothing for sale, as well as toys for sale, would be required to maintain one undivided area of its sales floor where the majority of the children's clothing being offered shall be displayed, regardless of whether a particular article of children's clothing has been traditionally marketed for either girls or for boys. The bill defines the terms "childcare item," "clothing," and "toy."

AB 1084 would also specify that it is not to be construed to constrain how a retailer promotes, displays, or presents a particular item within each undivided area of its sales floor where either childcare items, children's clothing, or toys are being offered for sale. However, no signage is allowed to be used within any undivided area where either childcare items, children's clothing, or toys are offered for sale indicating the items are for either girls or for boys.

They're not going to control a thing -- uh, except for all the things they control.

Do California legislators secretly work for the Arizona or Nevada Chamber of Commerce?

via ifeminists