URGENT NOTICE.
To all CAGOP delegates, Inland Region and California Republican Leaders. We must turn out! Please send and forward to everyone.
Assembly Bill 495
In case you have not yet heard, there is an urgent call for all Californians to be in attendance on Tuesday, August 19th for a rally and lobby day opposing Assembly Bill 495. This bill has been sold to Sacramento legislators as a compassionate solution for children of detained immigrant parents, but a careful reading of AB495 shows that this measure does far more that and is much worse than most could imagine, creating legal loopholes making child kidnapping, under the “legal” color of authority much easier.
More properly known as the The “Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025,” AB 495 would allow unrelated adults, broadly defined as an “adult caregiver” with a “mentoring relationship with the child” to assume custody-like control over a child through a one-page Caregiver’s Authorization Affidavit. No court appearance. No notarization. No parental consent or notification. No background check. No verification of identity required. Going a step further, even medical decisions of every type, could be authorized by these unvetted adults without the knowledge or consent of the child’s parents.
Real Impact and Capitol Resource Institutehave pulled together a coalition of parental rights advocates, legal experts, pastors, and concerned citizens, to hold the “NO on AB 495 Rally and Lobby Day” featuring Pastor Hibbs as keynote speaker.
Schedule – Tuesday, August 19, 2025
- 1:00 PM PT – Rally Begins (West Steps of Capitol, 1315 10th Street, Sacramento)
- 2:00 PM PT – Lobby Training
- 2:30 PM PT – Legislative Office Visits
You may register for the Lobby Day event using:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/stop-ab-495-tickets-1545566102819?aff=oddtdtcreator
AB 495: To find more information on this bill:
https://legiscan.com/CA/text/AB495/id/3186865
Note: For those of you who have asked, because this date conflicts with my candidate dinner in Big Bear Lake, you can best honor my friendship and support my campaign by being in Sacramento for this once in a lifetime event. There is nothing more important!!
Collegially,
David Marko,
CAGOP Inland Region Vice Chair
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