California’s War on Families Rages on — Now Your Kid May Soon Be Able to Divorce You

They want to take the kids away from parents so they can have sex with them, so normalizing pedophilia will be next up on their wicked agenda. And it looks like their wickedest state senator is coming to the US House, Scott Weiner, taking over Pelosi’s seat. And are they trolling us with that name?

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/06/19/californias-war-on-families-rages-on-now-your-kid-may-soon-be-able-to-divorce-you-n2203502

By Bob Hoge

Young people on a beach. (Credit: Amir Hosseini)

California is many things, a lot of them not so great in modern times under the regime of extremist Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Democrat machine that has run both chambers of the legislature for the last 15 years.

One thing they are not, however, is friendly to nuclear families. Newsom, Attorney General Rob Bonta, and the wild-eyed lawmakers in Sacramento are constantly pushing things like boys in women’s sports, schools keeping students’ gender transitions secret, and basically trying to remove parental influence as much as possible. They evidently subscribe to Hillary Clinton’s theory that it “takes a village” to raise a child — and it doesn’t matter if the biological parents are part of that village.

To wit, your kids could soon simply divorce you in the Golden State if they don’t like you. 

Maybe you’re an evil conservative, or maybe you want to talk to your 6’ 2” son about his choice to wear lipstick and dresses, or maybe you want your darling daughter to stop taking drugs. Whatever the conflict is, the kid could just say “kiss off” and be done with you forever, if Democrat legislator Rick Zbur gets his way.

Assembly Bill 1967 is moving through the California Legislature with barely a ripple of public attention. The bill, authored by LGBTQ rights activist-turned-Assemblymember Rick Zbur, would allow children of any age to initiate state dependency proceedings against their own parents. The parents will not even know this has happened until the die is already cast.

The bill allows any minor residing in any residential facility to file a legal application against their parents, without cause or evidence of harm.

Women Are Real (@WomenAreReals), a website and social media account that advocates for single-sex spaces like locker rooms (“Women will not be erased in language or in law,” they write), point out what they think is the real intent of the proposed bill:

Scorching testimony by @JenRevere on California’s newest assault on parental rights.

AB 1967 allows a child of any age, placed by her parents in a safe residential facility, to secretly file an application to leave that facility and become a ward of the state.

“Facility”… pic.twitter.com/sKF1fpJa5E— WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) June 18, 2026

Scorching testimony by [parents’ rights attorney] @JenRevere on California’s newest assault on parental rights.

AB 1967 allows a child of any age, placed by her parents in a safe residential facility, to secretly file an application to leave that facility and become a ward of the state.

“Facility” includes drug rehab, faith-based programs, wilderness therapy, and even some boarding schools.

Imagine your drug-addicted 14-year-old is finally in treatment. Under AB 1967, he can secretly file to get out.

Just because.

But the real purpose of this bill is removing children from parents who refuse to “affirm” a child’s cross-sex identity. 

@AsmRickZbur gives away the game in his response. ⬇️

Here is that unconvincing response:

Author of AB 1967 @AsmRickZbur responds to @JenRevere’s testimony with: “That’s just not the case.” But anyone can read the bill and decide for yourself who is telling the truth.

Then Zbur immediately gives away the game by invoking the “LGBTQ child.” A phrase that should make… pic.twitter.com/JqUzpHJ8ap— WomenAreReal (@WomenAreReals) June 18, 2026

Author of AB 1967 @AsmRickZbur responds to @JenRevere’s testimony with: “That’s just not the case.” But anyone can read the bill and decide for yourself who is telling the truth.

Then Zbur immediately gives away the game by invoking the “LGBTQ child.” A phrase that should make every adult’s blood run cold. Children are not mini-adults with fixed sexual identities.

This bill is written broadly, but the political purpose is obvious. Activists wish to create a pathway for children to escape parents who refuse to affirm a cross-sex identity.

The details in the bill are chilling, according to The Post Millennial:

Residential facilities include drug rehabilitation programs, boarding schools, wilderness therapy programs, faith-based residential programs, and runaway shelters. It does not matter whether the facility is safe and an appropriate placement chosen by the parents. The child can petition the court to strip the parents of custodial authority and substitute county child welfare control or foster placement. The application need not be corroborated by any adult and need not be served on the parents. The child’s statement alone is sufficient to trigger a mandatory assessment of the parents’ home. This assessment can occur without the parents’ knowledge.

For many far-left California lawmakers, they’d love to do away with parents altogether and let the NGOs with fat taxpayer-funded bank accounts and the all-powerful unions raise the kids.

Hillary was just a little off: it doesn’t take a village, it takes a socialist state.