URGENT: “No Vigilantes” bill is on the Assembly Floor! Call your member!

Dear Friends,

The bill we wrote about earlier, SB 805 the “No Vigilantes””Bill, has passed all its hurdles in committees. Now it’s headed to the Assembly Floor, last step before it becomes a law, and we need your voices.

This bill would give local police the right and duty to demand identification from those purporting to be ICE agents. It would require said agents to remove masks while operating in this state. These are critical issues since we have confirmed reports of criminals posing as ICE to harm people in many ways, and assuring their identity is a major safety measure. 

In another state, two men posing as ICE agents tried to break into a home and were killed by the homeowner. They were not ICE. We deserve, and they need legal identification for our safety — and theirs. Still other cases of abductions of especially women have resulted in rape and murder and cannot be tolerated. We deserve transparency in law enforcement and safety in all police actions.

Please contact your Assembly Member and support SB 805. We do not need the awkward portal for contact, and in fact can’t use it for floor votes, so please go to 

Welcome to the California State Assembly | California State Assembly to obtain your Assembly Member’s contact information. You may email, phone, or use their contact portal to express your support. 

Time is of the essence. Please let the Assembly know how essential this action is to honest law enforcement practices and to public safety. 

Thank you!

Elizabeth Sholes

Public Policy Advocate