MAGA Backlash Flare Over California Privacy Bill Named for Nick Shirley

California lawmakers proposed expanding the Safe at Home privacy program to shield immigration aid workers from doxxing, but the bill triggered a MAGA-era uproar after supporters nicknamed it for Nick Shirley, a right-wing YouTube influencer who has claimed to expose fraud in Democrat-led states. Democrats say the furor is driven by misinformation, while backers frame the measure as a free-speech safeguard; the expansion would broaden protections beyond survivors to include other workers, a development that has previously sparked little controversy in California.