{"id":336007,"date":"2026-05-28T15:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336007\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:14:09","slug":"california-assembly-passes-bill-barring-protesters-from-100-foot-buffers-around-houses-of-worship-israel-jewish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/336007\/","title":{"rendered":"California Assembly passes bill barring protesters from 100-foot buffers around houses of worship &#8211; Israel &#038; Jewish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            (<br \/>\n                                May 28, 2026<br \/>\n                                 \/ JNS<br \/>\n                            )<\/p>\n<p>The California State Assembly voted 61-2 on Tuesday to pass a bill that would create 100-foot, protest-free <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/news\/u-s-news\/california-bill-would-bar-protesters-from-100-foot-buffers-around-houses-of-worship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">buffer zones<\/a> around entrances and exits to houses of worship.<\/p>\n<p>The bill now heads to the state Senate. On Tuesday, 17 Assembly members did not record a vote.<\/p>\n<p>David Bocarsly, CEO of Jewish California, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewishcal.org\/press-room-2\/california-assembly-passes-safe-worship-zone-legislation-to-protect-faith-communities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-cms-ai=\"0\">stated<\/a> that the vote was a \u201cpowerful statement that California stands with every person of faith and their constitutional right to worship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJewish community members already navigate metal detectors and armed guards just to enter a synagogue,\u201d he stated. \u201cThat is not normal, and it shouldn\u2019t be.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need de-escalation strategies\u201d like the bill for \u201call faith communities that are facing rising animosity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"( May 28, 2026 \/ JNS ) The California State Assembly voted 61-2 on Tuesday to pass a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":336008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-336007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=336007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/336007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/336008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=336007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=336007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=336007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}