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Will the Supreme Court accept a case regarding California's #ab241 law that ushers in ideology instead of science, especially in times of emergency? When the state forces doctors to parrot one narrative, debate dies and patients pay the price. FIND LINK TO FULL SHOW IN BIO.
Paula Husovsky, board member of Educate. Advocate. joined Diversity BX for their Play Day in Perris today to provide families with resources and to help navigate IEPs and Regional Center services on behalf of Educate. Advocate. #educateadvocate
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This is what advocacy looks like.
It's months of policy analysis, legal research, relationship building, negotiations, drafting amendment language, and persistent engagement with legislators.
Many organizations respond to legislation.
AVFCA helps shape it.
Read more about the significant amendments to AB 2651:
🔗 tinyurl.com/AB2651-CA1
#AB2651 #California #Advocacy #ParentalRights
Paula H, board member of Educate. Advocate. attended today the ribbon cutting ceremony event in Riverside, CA for the Riverside chapter of @SpecialNeedsLA
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BREAKING: The Data Center & Smart City Connection | Daily Pulse Ep 271 xitter.gq/i/broadcasts/1aJbddlZV…
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Please read and share my latest article for TLAV:
Federal Court Overturns Historic Fluoride Ruling as Trump Admin Fights to Keep Fluoride in the Water
thelastamericanvagabond.com/…
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On Monday, DRC joined our legislators, disability leaders, and advocates at the California Capitol to rally against the alarming proposed changes to Medi-Cal, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS), and asset limits. We are fast approaching the June 15th deadline, when California legislators will be finalizing their version of the state budget.
Call the Assembly and express your opposition for cuts to Medi-Cal and IHSS! Take action TODAY and call the main contacts below.
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, Chair Assembly Budget Committee: 916-319-2046
Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas: 916-319-2029
Governor Newsom boasts these cuts to Medi-Cal and IHSS will save the state an estimated $278.3 million in the 2026-27 budget and $495.6 million ongoing. However these cuts endanger people with disabilities and seniors who risk losing access to essential health care, in-home support, and supplemental security income (SSI). Plus, these estimated "savings" do not account for the high costs of institutional and emergency health care people with disabilities will likely need to resort to because of lost health coverage, home care, and SSI. It is much more humane, cost-saving, and supportive of the disability community to protect these life-saving benefits!
Check out the full ABC10 article and video at the link: abc10.com/article/news/local…
#DisabilityRightsCA #IHSS #MediCal #Budget #Rally #ABC #News
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Hate speech does not exist legally in America. There's ugly speech. There's gross speech. There's evil speech.
And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment.
Keep America free.
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During a webinar aimed at school administrators on the Mirabelli decision, a partner at a leading law firm that advises California school districts stated that existing policies and practices regarding staff use of students’ preferred names and pronouns “remain 100% in place.”
The state has long taken the position that failing to use a student’s preferred name and pronouns constitutes unlawful discrimination, and that a student’s asserted identity may be withheld from parents at the student’s request. But the operative court order—upheld by the Supreme Court—expressly prohibits school employees from adopting a different name or pronouns for a child over parental objection or from misleading parents about their child’s identity.
Despite SCOTUS’s clear affirmation of parents’ rights, there is little indication that school districts in California are changing course, instead relying on faulty legal guidance. Taxpayers are the ones paying the legal fees, so officials have little incentive to comply.
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To be clear, this is not a final decision on the merits of the case, but it is a very strong indication of how SCOTUS will rule once one of these parental rights cases makes it to the Court.
As background, the district court issued a permanent injunction against the state and certified a class action. The 9th Circuit issued a stay, saying that the state was likely to prevail. Here, SCOTUS tells the 9th Circuit that it was wrong and that the district court had it right.
I've simplified what the opinion says. You can read it for yourself at the link:
supremecourt.gov/opinions/25…
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🚨 BREAKING: The Supreme Court just handed a historic victory to parents over California's secret gender transition policies today, ruling 6-2 in our case Mirabelli v. Bonta.
DECISION AND REACTIONS: thomasmoresociety.org/news/u…
California required schools to secretly facilitate children's gender transitions without telling parents. Teachers were forced to use different names and pronouns behind parents' backs. One family only found out their daughter had been transitioning at school after she attempted suicide.
Today the Court said: enough. The justices found that California's secrecy regime likely violates both the First Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment's protection of parental rights. The Court held that California "cut out the primary protectors of children's best interests: their parents."
What makes this decision groundbreaking: the Court reaffirmed that parents—not the state—have the constitutional right to direct the upbringing of their children and to participate in decisions about their children's mental health. Even Justice Kagan in dissent said she has "no doubt" parents have these rights and that California "could have crossed the constitutional line."
The class-wide injunction blocking California's policies is back in effect for a statewide class of parents. This is a historic just a win for parents and a precedent that puts every secret gender transition policy in America on notice.
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Thanks to a $21.9 million grant from The Marcus Foundation, our team will conduct the largest-ever study of children across the autism spectrum to identify new targets for better treatments for children and families affected by profound #autism: choa.org/about-us/newsroom/m….
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This didn’t happen overnight.
After years of AVFCA advocacy, Senator Ben Allen has formally asked CDPH for transparency on how medical exemptions are reviewed, revoked, and enforced in California schools.
This letter reflects long-standing concerns AVFCA has raised about physician oversight, centralized decision-making, and the impact on medically vulnerable students.
📄 Read the full letter:
👉 tinyurl.com/AVFCA26
AVFCA will continue pressing for accountability, physician-led care, and protections for California families.
The individuals appointed bring a fresh perspective including advocates for wandering/eloping safety, Spellers, biomedical and alternative interventions, legislative and systems change leaders. We at Educate. Advocate. applaud these appointments. #autism
hhs.gov/press-room/hhs-kenne…
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Missed our webinar on the State of Religious Vaccine Exemptions?
AVFCA is the only organization in CA advancing Religious Exemptions through litigation, legislation, coalition-building, and direct legal support.
Watch the full recording here:
👉 tinyurl.com/ReligExCA
#ReligiousLiberty #CALeg #AVFCA
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Parents now have more voice in Hep B vaccine timing.
The federal advisory committee updated long-standing guidance so that immediate newborn dosing is now focused on higher-risk babies, with others starting at the routine 2-month visit through shared decision-making.
⚠️ This federal change does not automatically change CA policy. AVFCA is monitoring closely.
Share the update:
👉 tinyurl.com/HepB-update
#InformedConsent #ParentRights #HealthPolicy #AVFCA #HepB #MedicalFreedom
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🚨 Was your child excluded from school because of your religious beliefs?
Your child’s right to education is protected under federal law.
AVFCA is working with Guiding the Impact to help California families file civil rights complaints and restore religious freedom in schools.
Every voice matters. Every action counts.
👉 Take action: tinyurl.com/Civil-Rights1
#AVFCA #ReligiousFreedom #CivilRights #FaithandFreedom #ParentAdvocacy
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✨ Don’t miss the A Voice for Choice Advocacy Gala — celebrating 10 Years of Silver Linings! ✨
Join us for an unforgettable night featuring Dr. Brian Hooker, Steve Kirsch, and more inspiring guests. 💫
🎟️ Cocktails, organic dinner, MAHA Auction, dancing & community connection!
📅 Oct 11 · 6 PM
📍 Domenico Winery, San Carlos
💚Get 10% off tickets with code TruthSeeker10!
🎟️ tinyurl.com/AVFCAgala25
#AVFCA #AVFCAGala25 #SilverLinings #HealthFreedom #Community #CelebrateTogether #TruthSeeker10
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Thank you @CAgovernor @GovPressOffice for standing up for tenants, including many SSI recipients struggling to make ends meet. #AB246🎉
✅ Protecting tenants:
- #AB628 (McKinnor) requires that, beginning with leases entered into next year, rental units must include a working stove and refrigerator to be considered habitable.
- #AB246 (Bryan) protects tenants from eviction if delays or reductions in Social Security benefits affect their rent payments.
- #AB391 (Rodriguez) allows mobilehome park notices to be delivered electronically with resident consent.
- #AB414 (Pellerin) lets landlords return security deposits electronically when tenants choose that option.
- #AB806 (Connolly) prohibits mobilehome parks from preventing residents from installing and using air conditioning.
- #AB863 (Kalra) directs the Judicial Council to create a single multilingual eviction summons form to improve language access for tenants.
It’s not that everyone in hindsight is a genius. In fact many were communicating with CDPH all along and other state agencies concerning the ADA and violations to that and other laws protecting civil rights (like us). Wish we would have been asked to contribute to this report.
