Groomer Al Muratsuchi Still Refuses to Grant Hearing for Parental Notification Bill AB 1314

 

Predatory Mark Berndt and Groomer Al Muratsuchi

California State Asm. Al Muratsuchi is one of the biggest cheerleaders for the drop-out factories we used to call "public schools."

When he first got elected in 2012, he was a guaranteed foot-soldier for the teachers unions, who bought his campaign, bought his seat, and bought him body and soul.

One of the first bills he introduced into the legislature?

AB 375, a bill that would have made it HARDER to fire pervert teachers. The bill was so bad, that even Governor Brown had to veto it. 

Here's the full ad on Al's support for that terrible piece of legislation:

Al's bill would have allowed predators like Mark Berndt, the notorious serious child abuser from Miramonte Elementary School in LAUSD, to get away with his crimes, some suggesting that he had molested as many as 100 students!

Groomer Al Muratsuchbi also supported AB 1266 in 2013, which allowed males to use female restrooms in public schools across the state. Notice how a similar bill has NOT passed to force every private and public facility to allow men to use women's restrooms throughout the state, too. The kids are always targeted, and the groomers get to groom on campuses across the state.

And Groomer Al doesn't care. He has no problem pushing social engineering and outright abuse onto California's children.

Fast forward to 2020, and Groomer Al voted for SB 145, a bill that made it easier for sex offenders to avoid the sex offender registration. Yes. If a 24-year-old had sex with a 14-year-old, he (or she) could avoid the sex offender registry based on the discretion of the judge. That's what the bill did, and Groomer Al went all in on allowing sex offenders to abuse kids and above the sex offender registry.

How sickening does it get in Sacramento? Does anyone have any shame left in that town? Worse yet, Muratsuchi was the tie-breaking vote. It would have died on the floor of the State Assembly if he had voted for "No."

SB 145 was so bad, that outspoken progressive Lorena Gonzalez spoke out against the bill, and she urged a "No" vote on the floor of the State Assembly. As a chair for one of the key committees in Sacramento, that was an unprecedented move, her going against the state legislative leadership. And yet, Groomer Al voted for it.

In 2023 and even today, Groomer Al Muratsuch is blocking AB 1314 from getting a hearing in the CA State Assembly. This commonsense bill would require school districts to inform parents if their students are going by different names, pronouns, or claiming to be a different sex at the school.

Here's the full report from California Family Council:

California Assembly Education Committee Chair Al Muratsuchi is still blocking public debate at the state capitol over parent notification in schools despite polls showing the voters overwhelmingly support it. Last year, Assemblyman Bill Essayli introduced AB 1314, a bill requiring public schools to notify parents if a child starts identifying at school as a gender that does not align with the sex listed on his or her birth certificate. 

The legislation was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Education, but Muratsuchi refused to set the bill for a hearing. This week there is an opportunity for him to change his mind before Friday’s deadline. But Muratsuchi is still refusing.

“Nothing good comes out of keeping secrets from parents,” Essayli told a crowd gathered outside the state capitol last week. “Nobody loves their children more than their parents. If children are struggling with their identity; if they are struggling with anything at school, they need their parents. To isolate them from their parents is to do them harm.”

“Unfortunately, this legislature is so arrogant, they are so pompous, they refuse to even give my bill a hearing,” he complained. “They don’t even want to take a vote. That’s how little regard they have for the people of this state.”

Muratsuchi explained the justification for his decision in a press release last April. “As Chair of the Education Committee, I will not be setting AB 1314 for a hearing, not only because the bill is proposing bad policy, but also because a hearing would potentially provide a forum for increasingly hateful rhetoric targeting LGBTQ youth.” 

Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi

Greg Burt, vice president of the California Family Council, says this decision reveals the contempt some lawmakers have for the Constitutional rights of parents to guide and oversee the upbringing of their children. “Why is a discussion about keeping parents informed about the struggles of their children seen as threat towards LGBTQ-identified youth?” Burt asks. “Parents, keen to protect their children, always want to be informed about their kids’ lives. This is true for parents no matter what their political or religious affiliation.”  

A recent California poll confirms this contention. A SPRY Strategies poll from last November shows liberal and conservative voters agree on parent notification. The poll asks the following question: 

“A school board voted to notify parents if their child identifies as transgender or the opposite sex. The Attorney General is suing that school district. Do you agree parents should be notified if their child identifies as transgender in school?”

58.1 percent of the respondents said they “strongly agree” with this statement. An additional 14 percent said they “somewhat agree.” Another Rasmussen poll from last May yielded similar results.  

After Essayli’s bill was refused a hearing last year, he joined with a group of parental rights organizations (Coalition for Parental Rights) to promote parent notification policies in local school districts. (read more here) So far 10 California School Districts have implemented a notification policy of their own, even though California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit against one of the school districts over the policy. (read more here) 

What is it with Creepy Groomer Al Muratsuchi, anyway? Why is he so determined to allow perverted adults in the classroom to get away with all kinds of predatory behavior against children?!

This is really disturbing!

At the May, 2023 town hall that he hosted in the Torrance City Council chambers, he received loud boos from the audience for blocking this bill in the State Assembly Education committee, which he currenlty chairs. I was stunned at the level of outrage directed towards him, considering that most of the voters are pretty moderate-to-liberal on most cultural issues. However,for protecting the systemic grooming of children in California classrooms. Strangely enough, he does not have the full video of that town hall on his YouTube channel ...

What will it take for voters to pay attention in the South Bay and start electing better people who actually care about the health and welfare of children? Why do so many voters from El Segundo to Palos Verdes turn a blind eye to this creepy groomer assemblyman, who is determined to give predator teachers and their enablers more protections than children and parents?

Tell Asm. Muratsuchi to vigin AB 1314 a hearing and vote YES!

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Brandii Grace: Democratic Operative Tries to Defend Crooked Al Muratsuchi's Perverted AB 375

Al Muratsuchi is finally getting the comeuppance he deserves for his servile obeisance to the labor unions, particularly the California Teachers Association.

During the 2013 California state assembly session, the initial introduction of AB 375 promised a streamlined process to make it easier to get rid of pervert teachers and protect students. The Democratic majority needed to do something to improve their pro-student image, since they helped killed SB1350 in the state assembly two years before.

Teachers unions are especially nervous, since they will stand by every teacher, no matter what they did. No one should be surprised that teachers unions have fallen into deep disfavor, even though their unjust, immoral campaign funding remains free. They grab money out of teachers' paychecks to push offensive agendas which hurt the teachers, students, and parents whom they claim to represent.

Assemblyman David Hadley (R-Torrance) was not afraid to expose to the public that  Al's bill went from good to bad, and the final version would accomplish the exact opposite of what was intended.

The added amendment for AB 375 would have made it harder for students to report on pervert teachers and remove them from the classroom,

As harsh as the attack ads may have been--even I was unsure if it was a wise attack in 2014--they were fully reliable:

How can Muratsuchi run from these very painful, yet painfully accurate attack ads?

The first thing that Al has done is to claim that his legislation was supported by the PTA.

That group, and other newspapers, endorsed AB 375 ... before the amendments.

When the amendments were added, and all the major newspapers rejected the legislation.

So did Governor Jerry Brown in a strongly worded veto.

What else can Muratsuchi do?

Hire a Democratic Plant to champion Al as pro-student and pro-reform, then release a mailer claiming that Hadley is misleading voters.

Here's the latest ad Muratsuchi has sent out to give himself cover:

This ad claims the following:

Oh ... so David Hadley is the one exploiting kids. Really?

When has Hadley featured a sexual abuse victim in an ad? When has he taken the account or testimony of a sexual abusive victim in any of his ads?

Hadley has relied on legislation and newspaper accounts to confirm Al Muratsuchi's offensive and indefensible AB 375 hustle.

For the record, Al's legislation would have indeed protected a number of pedophiles, including Mark Berndt and Thomas Snider (recently found guilty of molesting 25 young wrestlers at Torrance High School).

AB 375 would have limited testimony against teachers to only five students in administrative hearings. Often, such a number seems like enough, but may not be sufficient to bring strong charges against a teacher. The Torrance police investigated a larger number of students, and demonstrated a clear pattern of molestation from Snider.

Why should students be silenced to report a teacher's abusive behavior? Why should the length of time during a deposition be limited to only seven hours

There's more:

This lady Brandii Grace, advertises herself as a mother and  a survivor of sexual abuse.

But there's something else that she is ...

A Democratic operative who ran for the 66 Assembly District Central Committee.

She ran for a seat on the Central Committee in June. Central Committees are the nerve enter for political activities, including registration and fundraising.

Here's the link which shows that Brandii ran for office.

Here's a snapshot of the page:

What a loser.

And what a loser Al Muratsuchi has turned into.

First, he goes around putting up false signs which indicate that Trump and Hadley are a connected ticket, even though Hadley has repeatedly affirmed his opposition to Donald Trump at the Top of the Ticket.

Then he has to promote hired Democratic operatives to give an appearance that he cares about South Bay families.

Call Al Muratsuchi's office, and demand that he come clean about his abusive, destructive connections with labor unions, particularly the Teachers Unions, and stop hiding behind Democratic operatives.

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Governor Brown on Muratsuchi's "Teacher Pervert Bill": "More Harm Than Good"

In 2012, Torrance resident--and former Los Angeles Unified teacher--Mark Berndt was arrested for very disturbing photographs showing students tied up and in bondage.

This teacher would end up opening a floodgate of corrupt practices and a history of abuse in Los Angeles Unified.

Berndt had had a disorderly history at Miramonte Elementary School. He had dropped his pants in public in front of students.

He was accused of exposing his genitals, masturbating in public.

Students complained that he had fondled them.

Parents also reported their fair share of complaints to the school.

The tenure laws were so tight, and the unions so strong,

So, getting rid of bad teachers should be a top priority.

But that was never former Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi's priority.

Never.

Here's what Muratsuchi's bill would have ended up doing:

1. Limit the testimony of pervert teachers' victims.

2. Limit the time for depositions.

3. Put pressure on witnesses while protecting the suspect.

VoteSmart.org provided the following analysis:

Highlights:

Requires the governing board of a school district to immediately place a school employee on a mandatory leave of absence for certain allegations including, but not limited to, the following indictments (Sec. 6):

     The school employee is charged with any sex offense; or

     The school employee is charged with the unlawful sale, use, or exchange of controlled      

     substances with minors.

OK. So far so good.

Authorizes a governing board to issue a notice of suspension or dismissal at any time of the year, except for charges of unsatisfactory performance (Sec. 4).

Nothing wrong here.

Now it gets troublesome:

Limits the number of witnesses of whom an employee may take depositions to 5, whereas existing law does not limit the number of witnesses (Sec. 9).

Only a small number of witnesses can now speak out against a teacher's misconduct.

If this law was in place, how many of the young wrestlers would have been able to come forward to tell school authorities what former Torrance High wrestling coach Thomas Snider had done to them.

Notice that existing law does not place a limit on the number of witnesses.

Limits the amount of time allowed for each witness deposition to 7 hours (Sec. 9).

This bill would also limit testimony!!!

Requires a dismissal hearing requested by a school employee charged with violations to commence within 6 months of the request and end within 7 months of the request (Sec. 8).

The employee  gets a speedy hearing, but the potential victims face limits on what they can say?

Now, don't take my word for how bad this bill was, this Muratsuchi bill which was intended to protect students and hold bad teachers accountable.

What did Governor Brown say?

"I am particularly concerned that limiting the number of depositions to five per side, regardless of the circumstances, and restricting a district's ability to amend charges even if new evidence comes to light, may do more harm than good."

Al Muratsuchi: Doing More Harm Than Good.

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