Does Improving CalPERS' Returns Justify State Mandated Discrimination?

We may learn as early as today whether a pending constitutional challenge to AB 979 will be going to trial in May.  AB 979 is California's law requiring publicly held domestic and foreign corporations having their principal executive offices in California to have a minimum number of directors from a underrepresented communities. A lawsuit challenging the law as filed on the day that Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 979 into law.   Crest v. Padilla, LA Super. Ct. Case No.  20STCV37513 (Sept. 30, 2020).   Last month, the parties argued dueling motions for summary judgment before Judge Terry Green, who took the matter under submission.  Because a final status conference is scheduled for next Monday, it seems likely that Judge Green will issue his ruling by then.