Woke California Utility Spends INSANE Amount On Contracts Based On This Wild Test

Liberty Check

• California utility spent over $630 million on contracts prioritizing LGBT certification over merit-based qualifications
• State-mandated diversity requirements force private businesses to prove their ‘gayness’ for government contracts
• Taxpayer-funded programs funnel massive sums based on identity politics rather than competitive bidding

California’s progressive agenda just reached a new level of absurdity. A major state utility has funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into contracts based not on merit, but on whether business owners meet woke certification standards.

Pacific Gas and Electric Company has spent approximately $633 million on contracts awarded to businesses certified as LGBT-owned. The staggering sum represents years of diversity-first contracting pushed by state mandates that prioritize identity over qualifications.

To secure these lucrative government contracts, business owners must navigate a bureaucratic maze proving their sexual orientation or gender identity meets California’s strict diversity requirements. The certification process raises obvious questions about privacy, discrimination, and whether taxpayers are getting the best value for their money.

“Approximately $633 million to LGBT-owned businesses,” according to the utility’s own diversity reporting.

The program operates under California’s supplier diversity initiatives, which require utilities to meet specific percentages of spending with various minority and identity-based business categories. These mandates force companies to prioritize demographic checkboxes over competitive bidding processes that would naturally reward the most qualified contractors.

Conservatives have long warned that diversity quotas and identity politics would eventually override merit-based systems. California’s approach proves those concerns justified, with businesses now required to undergo certification processes that would have been unthinkable just decades ago.

The certification requirements raise fundamental questions about equal treatment under the law. While supporters claim these programs level the playing field, critics argue they simply replace one form of discrimination with another, penalizing businesses whose owners don’t fit preferred identity categories.

Taxpayers foot the bill for these social engineering experiments. When utilities prioritize diversity metrics over cost and quality, ratepayers ultimately pay higher prices while watching merit take a backseat to progressive ideology.

The broader implications extend beyond California’s borders. As blue states push increasingly aggressive diversity mandates, businesses nationwide face pressure to participate in identity certification programs that compromise privacy and undermine free market principles.

It’s time to push back.

CUPC’s implementation of the gay expansion was not without controversy.

One LGBT building-industry organization sent a letter arguing that “homophobia” existed within “the ranks of the utility companies.” The state’s legislative LGBTQ caucus suggested that even considering… pic.twitter.com/B2KAMKQ3RO

— City Journal (@CityJournal) June 16, 2026