“I want to share the heartbreaking story of a mother whose daughter began her transgender transition while attending Arcadia High School in California. This occurred prior to the passing of AB 665, a law that my opponent, Luz Rivas, supported with her vote. This story underscores the profound impact legislation can have on families and highlights the need for leaders who prioritize the voices of parents in decisions that affect their children.”
Approximately twenty years ago, we formed a group known as the “Democratic Latino Political Machine” to address pressing issues within our community, including gang violence, teenage dropouts, teenage pregnancy, and illegal migration which are all detrimental to the well-being of our Country and the health of the American nuclear family. Our initial intent was to elevate Latino representation at all levels of government to tackle these concerns effectively.
Over time, I began to discern a shift in focus from addressing community issues to what seemed like an agenda aimed at dismantling the nuclear family, eroding parental rights, indoctrinating our children, and removing God in every way possible.
Twenty years later, we can now see things have gotten intensely worse! Conversations with family, friends, and community members echo the same sentiment of the erosion of our cities and state, drawing comparisons to some cities to third-world countries….
It instructs school officials to lie to parents if their child changes their gender, name or pronouns at school. The governor’s action is a betrayal of the thousands of California parents and parent advocates who have spoken out against AB 1955 during the rushed committee hearings over the last several weeks.
Requires teacher training to profile, identify and document parents, discriminating based on their personal beliefs about minor gender affirmation. School staff will use targeted counseling services, with policies and procedures to not notify parents, automatically affirming children and providing resources for local service providers unlawfully treating LGBTQ without parental knowledge
This legislation proposes to take away the ability of local school districts to choose the most suitable literature and curriculum for their communities. Instead, it would transfer all control over educational content to the County Superintendent and the California Board of Education, thereby stripping local districts of their decision-making power in these matters.
Will remove the due process of notification and court hearings for parents when an application for name or gender change is submitted by an ad litem or other guardian. Parents won’t be able to find their children if they aren’t notified that their child’s identifying information has been changed!
Will remove the guardrails that children must be a danger to themselves or others, or be alleged incest or abuse victims, before seeking care without their parents' consent. Removes the process of notification to the parents before children get placed in residential shelter services. This can happen through school-based health and social service providers.
Will discriminate against temporary foster adults based on personal beliefs, trapping more children who have been abandoned or suffered abuse and trauma in the poorly managed foster care system.
Will prevent visitation based on conformation to the social construct of gender affirmation regardless of age or personal history.
Will criminalize and penalize parents who do not affirm their young children during a custody dispute, regardless of other pertinent issues like age, trauma, personal history, or other needs.