California Bill Seeks to Identify Agencies Making Social Services Phone Calls

Assemblywoman Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel) introduces AB 1785 during a press conference in San Juan Capistrano, Calif., on Feb. 7, 2022. Courtesy of Tim Kearns

Californians applying for welfare would no longer receive blocked calls from social services under a new state bill.

Assembly Bill 94, introduced earlier this month by Assemblywoman Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel), would require a county social services program, such as Calfresh or CalWORKs, to display a telephone number or name identifier, rather than a masked number that appears as “Blocked” or “Private.”