Opponents have dubbed it the Stop Nick Shirley Act, arguing that independent journalists and content creators like Shirley would be prevented from investigating these organizations.
"They need to realize and read the bill," Shirley said. "This literally is a violation of the First Amendment."
"You guys are about to see," Shirley said. "There should be some announcements coming out soon."
The law hides their home addresses from public records and makes it illegal to post their personal information online. It also creates a state address confidentiality program, which offers a substitute mailing address, for people who provide legal services to immigrants and face violence because of that work.
"For the first two months after I introduced this bill, it was an uncontroversial expansion of an almost 30-year-old program that has helped many people feel safer," Bonta said. "Then a misinformation machine decided to make this bill, my office and other legislators in California's immigrant communities their target."
"This was never about investigative journalism," Bonta said. "It was never about preventing people from finding fraud in our system. It's about the caseworkers, our legal aid attorneys and volunteers who show up every day for our immigrant neighbors every single day, and refusing to let anyone scare them out of doing their work. So to those who have been riled up by the rhetoric surrounding this bill, I am sorry you were sold a story that isn't true." Strickland said that the GOP plans to challenge this measure and he confirmed they have already sought counsel from the Pacific Justice Institute, which will be filing a lawsuit.
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