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Committee sends Safe at Home expansion for immigrant service providers to judiciary after debate over scope and free-speech protections
Summary
AB 26 24 would extend the Secretary of State's Safe at Home address-confidentiality protections to immigrant-service providers, employees and volunteers in response to doxxing and threats; supporters described targeted harassment while some members raised concerns about definitions, journalistic exemptions and workplace/public-protest boundaries.
Assemblymember Rob Bonta (as introduced in the hearing) presented AB 26 24 to expand California's Safe at Home address-confidentiality program to include immigrant-service providers, their employees and volunteers, citing an increase in targeted harassment, doxxing and threats against organizations and staff.
Witnesses described a range of intimidation tactics. Cherry Javier, a fellow with the Solis Policy Institute, said the bill builds…
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