A controversial proposal in the California Legislature, Assembly Bill 495, known as the Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025, is drawing sharp criticism from parental rights advocates and sparking heated debate about individual autonomy and child safety.
Assemblymember Carl DeMaio calls it a dangerous, heinous, and atrocious new bill that allows complete strangers, nonrelatives, to take custody of minor children, away from parents, and make all kinds of important decisions, including medical and mental health, for children.
The bill passed the Assembly in June and is now in the Senate.
The bill supposedly targets children of undocumented parents, and is meant to be utilized in case parents are deported, so that the children can continue school, etc., uninterrupted.
But the bill doesnâ€
