Newsom OKs LGBTQ+ hotline bill despite predator warnings

(The Center Square) – California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 727 into law, mandating that public school student ID cards include a new LGBTQ+ suicide hotline number, despite warnings from parental advocacy groups that it could expose children to online predators.

In honor of World Mental Health Day, Gov. Newsom signed into law AB 727, authored by California Assemblymember Mark González, D-Los Angeles, that would require the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ suicide hotline, to be printed on the back of all public school student ID cards for grades 7 through college.