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Assembly Bill 495, the bill which threatens parental rights by allowing the state to remove custody from parents who do not “affirm their child’s gender identity,” was moved off of the suspense file by Senate Democrats, after being placed on the suspense file August 18th.
A bill may be taken off the Suspense File and heard with two days’ notice published in the Daily File by a vote of a majority of the members of the committee present and voting.
Ludicrously titled the “Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025,” the bill even goes so far as to claim that parents who are abusive or neglectful for not indulging their minor child’s gender dysphoria, are subjected to their children being removed.
The bill’s actual language says this:
“The bill would expand the type of person who is authorized to execute a caregiver’s authorization affidavit to include a “nonrelative extended family member,” and grant them the same rights to authorize school-related medical care, for the minor that are given to guardians. By expanding who is authorized to sign a caregiver’s authorization affidavit for these purposes under penalty of perjury, this bill would expand the crime of perjury, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program.
This bill would amend the statutory form for a caregiver’s authorization affidavit.”
Democrats claim the bill “is a critical tool that will preserve California’s families.” The bill’s author Assemblywoman Celeste Rodriguez (San Fernando-D) says, “We must do everything we can to safeguard families from separation and ensure children are supported.”
AB 495 even redefines what qualifies as a “safe” home, replacing parents with government for the parental position of deciding what is best for a child. Just imagine the definition of an “unsafe” home: one in which the children are homeschooled, or one which has legally purchased and registered guns, or there is a freezer full of Venison hunted by dad, or a Trump flag flying next to the American flag, or a home which mixes the recycling and landfill garbage.
AB 495 “Requires schools and licensed child day care facilities to adopt model policies developed by the Attorney General regarding interaction with immigration enforcement authorities, and requires the Attorney General to develop those model policies.”
This bill is being shoved through despite thousands, maybe millions, of parents’ opposition to it.
Notably, as Greg Burt with the California Family Council reported, “The Committee Chair, Senator Anna Caballero, announced making clarifying amendments to AB 495, which were supposed to be available a hour after the hearing, but were not. The committee staff and the author ignored requests for the amendments and said we would have to wait until they were published online sometime over the weekend.”
What are Democrats hiding?
AB 495 even redefines what qualifies as a “safe” home, replacing parents with government for the parental position of deciding what is best for a child.
As the Globe reported August 20th from the Capitol rally opposing AB 495, “Attorney Brad Dacus with the Pacific Justice Institute said he’s never witnessed such an attack on parents as AB 495, and added that PJI has 280 cases in active litigation. ‘This legislation strips away all legal rights from parents. A stranger can take a child and flee the country.’”
So who is sponsoring this atrocious law?
The bill’s sponsors, The Alliance for Children’s Rights’ Guardianship Program, and Public Counsel Pro Bono Law, are behind the bill effectively replacing parental involvement, shoving parents aside, with any guardian who signs the affidavit to remove your child from school or day care. Both non-profits are based in Los Angeles.
As Greg Burt reported, “Kristen Power, a representative of the Alliance for Children’s Rights, told the Assembly Human Services Committee back in April that some schools and hospitals don’t accept the current affidavit without a parent’s signature. Instead of viewing this skepticism as a safeguard, her organization proposed the introduction of AB 495 to ensure that schools and medical providers accept the form, without talking to the parent.”
The Alliance claims, “Our mission is to protect the rights of children in poverty and those overcoming abuse and neglect by delivering free legal services, supportive programs, and systemic solutions.”
The 2024 IRS Form 990 (for 2023) for The Alliance for Children’s Rights’ shows $23,100,612 in Net assets.
On their IRS Form 990 they say:
THE ALLIANCE HAS IMPROVED THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 172,000 YOUNG CLIENTS WITH STABILITY THROUGH ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP, AND WITH ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION, AND OTHER CRITICAL SUPPORTS, SERVING OVER 5,800 CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS THIS FISCAL YEAR.
CEO Jennifer Braun makes $306,283 in total salary and compensation. The Chief Development Officer makes $237,749 in total compensation. The Chief Financial Officer makes $225,879. There are five more individuals making more than $100,000 annually for this non-profit.
The end of the year total assets were $27,182,139.
The reason for it’s public charity status: “An organization that normally receives a substantial part of its support from a governmental unit or from the general public described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(vi). (Complete Part II.)”
Since 2018, the amount of Public Support the The Alliance for Children’s Rights’ has received is $35,569,873.
Public support percentage for 2023 is 77%. For 2022 is was 78.350%.
They have $4,000,000 in endowment funds, $1.4 million in Land, Buildings, and Equipment.
Their gross income for Fundraising Events was $293,321.
Public Counsel is a nonprofit public interest law firm dedicated to advancing civil rights and racial and economic justice.
Their net assets for 2023 were $29,082,688 according to their IRS Form 990 filing.
CEO and President Monica Ramirez Almadani is paid $260,229 in total salary and compensation. There are 11 more employees paid well over $100,000 annually. And they have five independent contractors and consultants paid $100,000 up to $315,400.
Public Counsel also spends significantly on lobbying:
You get the drift. A lot of public money (government grants) goes into supporting these two Los Angeles non-profits.
Here are the bill’s Author Amendments:
- Strike legislative finding and declaration that provides that “The state recognizes unique challenges faced by immigrant families due to the federal administration’s enhanced deportation actions, which risk widespread family separations and disrupt caregiving stability for children under 18 years of age.
- Add a legislative finding a declaration that “Immigration enforcement activities that separate parents and caregivers from their families or their workplace are highly disruptive for children and youth in their care.
- Require local education agencies to provide information to parents and guardians about the caregiver’s authorization affidavit, as specified.
- Require local education agencies to adopt DOJ’s model polices, as specified, that include, information related to the caregiver’s authorization affidavit, as specified.
- Clarify that the caregiver’s authorization affidavit is not required to be notarized.
- Provide that a licensee or administrator of a licensed child day care facility shall request parents or authorized representatives to review and update their emergency contact information, as needed.
- Strike provisions encouraging facilities to work with parents to update their emergency contact information.
- Require day care facilities to provide a parent or authorized representative with information about how to access model policies.
- Require the department to inform day care facilities of revisions or updates to the model policies, when notified by the Attorney General.
- Move specified provisions related to “Family Preparedness in Licensed Child Daycare Facilities” from Section 1596.7997 of the Health and Safety Code to newly added Section 1597.640 of Division 2 of Chapter 3.62 of the Health and Safety Code.
Here is the bill analysis with amendments:
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Author: Katy Grimes
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