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- Professor Melina Abdullah, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter, criticized AB 715 in class at California State University, calling it terrible.
- She asserted AB 715 would silence pro-Palestinian activism and criminalize honest teaching.
- Abdullah said her Jewish friends oppose the bill and denounced its authors as Zionists funded by pro-Israel groups.
- Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 715, which takes effect in January 2026 and creates a K-12 Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator.
