THE BUZZ — California legislators are confronting LGBTQ rights in a way that might have seemed unimaginable just a handful of years ago. A nationwide wave of anti-transgender bills and rhetoric has come to the state, and Democrats and the governor are deciding how to respond.

That tension is expected to play out this week with back-to-back rallies by groups on opposite sides of the debate over trans-inclusive policies in schools.

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Last Wednesday, the Santa Monica Democratic Club invited Third District County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath and 51st Assembly District Representative Rick Chavez Zbur to address the club. Each elected leader received almost an hour for opening remarks and then take questions from Club leadership.