Meeting Sought on All-Male Club
The Avalon City Council has asked officials of the all-male Tuna Club to meet with them in July to discuss concerns that some of the club’s practices discriminate against women.
Avalon City Manager Chuck Prince said that “there are some continuing concerns” about reports that the facility is divided into men-only and women-only areas.
“If that’s the nature of the practice,” Prince said, “simply an explanation isn’t sufficient. They’re going to have to change that practice.”
In a letter last month, City Atty. Michael Jenkins notified the sportfishing club that such separate rooms would constitute sexual discrimination, “which would be unacceptable to the city and unlawful in a publicly owned facility.”
The club on Santa Catalina Island leases its oceanfront facilities from the city.
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