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Assembly Bill went into effect this year and specifically prohibits public libraries from banning books based on content related to race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or political affiliation, among others. That number is still much lower compared to states like Virginia, Texas, Florida and Kentucky, which all had at least four times the number of challenges β in some cases more than 20 times.
Cases arising in California have also tended to draw ire from Gov. Gavin Newsom, who also signed into law Assembly Bill in , which targeted book banning practices in schools. Over the couple years, a Temecula school board tried to ban supplemental material referencing the assassinated San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk.
