Asm. Alexandra Macedo is warning that a new bill signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom intended to protect children if their parents are deported will actually harm children.

The law in question is Assembly Bill 495, which allows for extended family to act as caregivers for children if their parents are deported.

Driving the news: AB 495, known as the Family Preparedness Plan Act of 2025, amends the definition of the type of relative who is authorized to make certain decisions for children. • Under the bill, a relative who can make caregiver decisions now includes anyone within the fifth degree of kinship and includes all stepparents, stepsiblings and all relatives whose status is preceded by the words “great,” “great-great” or “grand,” as well as the spouse of any of those people, ev

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