PERK is always at the forefront, protecting you and your children. This message is not intended to alarm, but rather to alert and prepare you. We may be entering another medical freedom battle, and I’m issuing an important warning to all parents of school-age children. This warning comes with an urgent call to action.

When SB277 passed in 2015, it eliminated personal belief exemptions for vaccinations. 

SB276 later followed, removing nearly all medical exemptions, punishing doctors retroactively, and enacting laws that allow for the revocation of both current and past medical exemptions. What did both of these laws have in common before they passed? Measles hype.

Measles was used as the trigger—amplified and misrepresented—to justify these laws. If you know the true history, you also know there was a serious misrepresentation of the sources behind the so-called "measles outbreaks." This included inflated and inaccurately reported case numbers. Even more concerning, media coverage failed to report that the likely source of these outbreaks may have been the vaccine strain itself, meaning that individuals vaccinated for measles could have been spreading a vaccine-derived strain rather than the wild virus.

PERK remains committed to careful monitoring, active lobbying, and consistent advocacy for California legislation. Rest assured, we are dedicated to providing you with ongoing updates on the status of these crucial bills, along with actionable steps you can take to bring about meaningful change. 

For more frequent updates and convenient access to the PERK Advocacy Action Center, be sure to visit www.perkadvocacy.com.