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California makes rule change to girls' track and field championship after Trump's threats over trans athlete
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California’s track and field state championship is getting a last-minute tweak in its eligibility rules after President Donald Trump called out a transgender athlete controversy that’s rocking the Golden State.
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) provided a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, just hours after Trump sent a Truth Social post threatening to withhold federal funding from the state, announcing the change. The competition will now include biologically female athletes that missed out on qualifying for the competition that may have placed higher were it not for a trans athlete’s participation.
The federation claims it came to the decision at the end of this past weekend’s CIF Masters Qualifiers round, days before Trump’s statement. The statement also refers to the female competitors as “biological female student-athlete.”
California girls’ track and field athletes protest trans inclusion in girls’ sports at a postseason meet at Yorba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025 (Courtesy of Sophia Lorey)
“The CIF values all of our student-athletes and we will continue to uphold our mission of providing students with the opportunity to belong, connect, and compete while complying with California law and Education Code. With this in mind, the CIF will be implementing a pilot entry process for the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships,” the statement read.
“Under this pilot entry process, any biological female student-athlete who would have earned the next qualifying mark for one of their Section’s automatic qualifying entries in the CIF State meet, and did not achieve the CIF State at-large mark in the finals at their Section meet, was extended an opportunity to participate in the 2025 CIF State Track and Field Championships. The CIF believes this pilot entry process achieves the participation opportunities we seek to afford our student-athletes.”
This change will result in at least two competitors qualifying to compete for the state title after falling just shy of the typical qualification threshold on Saturday. A trans-identified athlete competing as a girl for Jurupa Valley High School took first place in the triple jump and long jump on Saturday.
Trump did not identify the name of the school or athlete involved in the situation in his Truth Social post.
The Jurupa Unified School district has provided a statement to Fox News Digital addressing the president’s recent post.
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Spectators wear Protect Girls Sports shirts during the CIF Southern Section Division 3 Track and Field preliminaries at Nathan Shapell Memorial Stadium at Yorba Linda High School on May 10, 2025 in Yorba Linda, California. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)
“JUSD is required to follow both California law and CIF policy regarding school athletics. Both state law and CIF policy currently require that students be permitted to participate in athletic teams and competitions consistent with their gender identity, irrespective of the gender listed on the pupil’s records. We remain committed to following the law as written and ensuring that all students are granted the rights afforded to them in a safe and welcoming environment,” the statement read.
The office for California Governor Gavin Newsom, who previously admitted he thought biological males competing in girls’ sports was “deeply unfair,” praised the CIF’s revised policy in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“CIF’s proposed pilot is a reasonable, respectful way to navigate a complex issue without compromising competitive fairness — a model worth pursuing. The Governor is encouraged by this thoughtful approach,” the statement read.
The CIF is already under a federal Title IX investigation by the U.S. Department of Education.
After Trump signed the “No Men’s in Women’s Sports” executive order on Feb. 5, the CIF was one of the first high school sports leagues in the country to announce it would not follow the order, and instead comply with California’s state law.
The CIF came under scrutiny two weeks ago when Fox News Digital reported that CIF officials allegedly made girls’ athletes take off their “Protect Girls Sports” t-shirts at a sectional qualifier. The federation acknowledged the incident to Fox News Digital.
“Per the CIF Southern Section Playoff Bulletin, all athletes must be dressed in proper, school issued, track uniforms. The student-athletes were asked to comply with this while in the on-field event area, as they were wearing said shirts over their school-issued uniform,” the CIF said in a statement at the time.
The U.S. Department of Education then sent a warning to the state over the situation via an exclusive statement to Fox News Digital on May 15 ahead of the Jurupa Valley’s trans athlete competing in the sectional final.
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“CIF’s and Jurupa Valley High School’s apparent flouting of federal civil rights law by allowing a male athlete to compete in a female California track and field [Southern Sectional Division 3 Final] this Saturday, and the alleged retaliation against the girls who are protesting this, is indefensible,” Julie Hartman, a Department of Education spokeswoman, told Fox News Digital.
“We will not allow institutions to trample upon women’s civil rights. OCR’s investigation into CIF continues with vigor.”
After losing to the trans athlete in long jump at the sectional final, La Canada High School’s Katie McGuiness urged the CIF to quickly change its policy during an interview on Fox News’ “America Reports.”
“I have nothing against this athlete as a person and I have nothing against the trans community,” McGuiness said. “My message today is really specifically to CIF and for them to act quickly and in a timely manner, because this is a really time-sensitive issue.”
Trans athletes have been allowed to compete as women and girls since 2014, when a law called AB 1266 went into effect, after passing in 2013.
The law has enabled several controversial incidents involving trans athletes in girls’ and women’s sports in the state over the last year.
These include the San Jose State women’s volleyball scandal that prompted a lawsuit against the school and state for restoring biological male Blaire Fleming without informing the rest of the female players, and a lawsuit against the Riverside Unified School District for giving a girls’ cross-country roster spot to a trans athlete while scolding students for wearing “Save Girls Sports” t-shirts.
California high school girls’ athletes wear ‘Protect Girls Sports’ shirts at a postseason track meet at Yorba Linda High School on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Courtesy of Reese Hogan)
Meanwhile, Trump and his administration have put most of their attention involving countering the trans-athlete wave into Maine. A Department of Justice lawsuit against Governor Janet Mills, multiple temporary funding pauses and a Supreme Court case involving state lawmaker Laurel Libby being censured for calling out a minor trans athlete who won a girls’ pole vault competition in February, has rocked the New England state for months.
But now, Trump has turned his eye to California, and the CIF is already working on accommodations to the backlash in the midst of its current spring track championship controversy.
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After attempts to report vandalism, San Francisco homeowner gets graffiti notice from city
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A San Francisco man says months of reporting graffiti and vandalism in his Mission District neighborhood yielded little response from the city – until he received a notice blaming him for a small graffiti tag on a fire hydrant connected to his home.
Michael, who asked that his last name not be used, told ABC7 Eyewitness News that he has spent the past year alerting the city to vandalism near his home. He said he has called 311, contacted San Francisco police, emailed city leaders and even tweeted Mayor Daniel Lurie, but mostly received automated or generic replies.
“Obviously, we would have taken care of it had we noticed. But it’s like this tiny little thing,” Michael said, referring to the graffiti notice issued by the city.
The notice came from the San Francisco Department of Public Works, citing graffiti on a fire hydrant connected to his property. Michael said receiving it felt insulting after repeated attempts to get help addressing larger issues in the neighborhood.
“We feel like had those guys responded a little bit faster or like actually taking our emails seriously. Then this wouldn’t be there,” he said.
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Michael said what upset him most was what he saw as unequal accountability.
“I was particularly upset about is that they’re pointing out our problems without resolving theirs first. Like, don’t be hypocritical. Yeah,” he said.
In response to ABC7’s inquiry, the Department of Public Works provided the following statement in part:
“In this case, Public Works received a complaint about graffiti on the property and by law we were compelled to respond. We issued the property owner a corrective notice – not a citation – for a small graffiti tag, with 30 days to remove it.”
Michael acknowledged that he is aware of the city’s graffiti abatement program but said he believes the root issue goes beyond cleanup.
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“Realistically, like they have to deal with the drug crisis. That’s the core issue. Like it’s there’s nothing that’s more important in my opinion,” he said.
Walking through nearby blocks, Michael pointed out remnants of encampments and alleged drug dealing sites. He said the issue is personal, adding that his own family has struggled with substance abuse.
“If you deal with the people who are actively dealing and selling drugs on our street, then everything will go away,” he said.
As he noted a boarded-up property across the street that he said has attracted squatters, a neighbor agreed the situation has become unmanageable.
Michael said he supports Mayor Lurie and the administration’s approach overall but worries some neighborhoods are being overlooked.
“We are all paying property taxes. We are all contributing to the city. We all deserve the same level of respect and like I think cleanliness and just like the same level of service from the city and it just seems like they’re just, I don’t know, like relegating the problem into a one area,” he said.
Full statement from Department of Public Works:
“We hear this resident’s frustration, and we want to be clear: Our first path is to work with property owners, not against them.
In this case, Public Works received a complaint about graffiti on the property and by law we were compelled to respond.
We issued the property owner a corrective notice – not a citation – for a small graffiti tag, with 30 days to remove it. That’s intentional. We build in that window specifically to give property owners time and flexibility to address the violation. We also provide them contact information should they have any questions.
Property owners who are repeatedly targeted with graffiti vandalism can cite that as a hardship and we will take it into account. In this case, Public Works has not received an email or call from this property owner.
We also want to note that this complaint was submitted through Solve SF, a new AI-powered platform that allows the public to report issues of concern. Launched in January, the third-party platform provides people with another option in addition to the City’s 311 customer service operation to flag concerns. We encourage residents to report graffiti tags to keep our city clean and free of blight. It is important to remove tags quickly to deter more tags.
By City code, graffiti removal on private property is the responsibility of the property owner but there is an exception. San Francisco Public Works operates a Graffiti Abatement Opt-In Pilot Program that allows eligible property owners in commercial corridors to have graffiti removed from their property at no cost to them. Unfortunately, this particular property is not eligible for the opt- in program because it does not fall into the eligibility map.
For property owners experiencing repeated tagging, we recommend a few practical steps in addition to opting into our program: installing motion-activated lighting and security cameras, which can deter vandalism and support enforcement efforts.
Property owners on commercial corridors can learn more and submit an interest form on our website https://sfpublicworks.org/services/graffiti-opt-in
We want to resolve this quickly and we’re committed to working with this resident to do so.”
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