re: In California, It's Now a Crime to Use Wrong Gender Pronoun For LGBT Seniors

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If they decided to push it, and I bet they will try and make an example out of someone, they could make it very hard financially and personally on someone.

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This is the penalty provision of the Act:

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CHAPTER 3.2. Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly [1569 - 1569.889] ( Heading of Chapter 3.2 renumbered from Chapter 3.3 (as added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1127) by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 91. )

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ARTICLE 4. Offenses [1569.
40 - 1569.495] ( Article 4 added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1127, Sec. 3. )

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1569.40. (a) Any person who violates this chapter, or who willfully or repeatedly violates any rule or regulation adopted under this chapter, is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), by imprisonment in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year, or by both the fine and imprisonment.

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It's a maximum of one year (actually not to exceed one year) for violation of any of the provisions of the act. There are literally hundreds of provisions under the act (including operating a facility without a licence}.

Do you think the sentence penalty for using the wrong pronoun is going to be the same as operating a nursing facility without a licence ???