<p>The 1996 ballot measure that outlawed preferential treatment for women and minorities in government programs is unconstitutional because it prohibits all affirmative action and fosters the discrimination it was supposed to eliminate, Attorney General Jerry Brown told the state Supreme Court on Wednesday.</p>
<p>[Jerry</a> Brown calls Prop. 209 unconstitutional](<a href=“http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/22/BAPD177DNV.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea]Jerry”>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/22/BAPD177DNV.DTL&feed=rss.bayarea)</p>