FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A crowd of what appeared to be about 1,000 people rallied outside the state capital on Tuesday.

Many of them drove up from the Central Valley.

“We have to stand up for the children. We have to be their voice,” protestor Evelyn Galvan said.

Galvan led a group from Legacy Church in Visalia to join others from across the state to protest a proposed state assembly bill.

“We have to stop it here in California,” Galvan said. “So I'm praying that we will be an example in California to say ‘we will not put up with this kind of behavior from our legislators.’”

The controversy surrounds AB 495: The Family Preparedness Plan Act 2025.

The bill expands the definition of who can become a child’s caregiver.

Current law states that only an adult who lives with th

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