#ICYMI, SB 1085, authored by Senator Sydney Kamlager and signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, prevents child welfare removals based on poverty alone, and paves the way for further combatting unjust and often discriminatory family separation practices.
"We want to make it super clear that poverty should never be the sole reason why these children are coming into the jurisdiction of the child welfare system,” said Stephanie Jeffcoat, a community organizer with A New Way of Life Reentry Project, based in Los Angeles. “There have to be more reasons aside from ‘Oh, their refrigerator isn’t filled with food, their cabinets are bare, or their phone is broken.’ That should never be a reason for family separation.”
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