John --

Across California, lawmakers are advancing bills that quietly chip away at parental rights and place more power in the hands of government institutions and unrelated adults. It’s a troubling trend — and families across the state are right to be concerned.

Here’s what’s happening:

🔹 AB 665 – Signed Into Law
Children as young as 12 can now seek mental health care or check themselves into a state-run shelter without their parents ever being notified — even if there’s no immediate threat of harm or abuse at home. This law minimizes parental involvement in serious moments of a child’s life.

🔹 AB 223 – Signed Into Law
Minors can now legally change the gender and sex on their birth certificate — and the court records are sealed from the parents. These are deeply personal and life-changing decisions, being made behind closed doors — without family involvement.

🔹 AB 727 – Headed to the Senate
This bill would require schools to list certain resources for students — including sites that contain unmonitored chat rooms, where adults can privately message minors. There is no age verification.

Schools should be focused on education — not pointing kids toward unregulated spaces where adults can contact them directly without a parent’s knowledge.

These laws may all sound different, but they share one alarming theme:

They cut parents out.

They give schools, the state, and unrelated adults more access to your children — while giving you fewer rights, fewer updates, and less say.

We all want to support kids who are in crisis. But taking loving parents out of the equation, while expanding government control and opening the door to unverified outside influence — that’s not protecting children. That’s putting them at risk.

Parents matter. Families matter. And it's time we had leaders who defend both.

Thank you for standing with us in this fight.

San Diego County District 5 Supervisor Jim Desmond
https://www.supervisorjimdesmond.com/