A lawmaker is continuing a yearslong effort to ensure some Californians have their names spelled correctly on public documents. The measure, Assembly Bill 64, targets a 38-year-old law that bans ...

Due to the interpretation of a 37 year-old law, his name is Nicolas Agustin on his California birth certificate. The use of diacritical marks — like tildes and accents — are not allowed on ...

A blank version of California’s current live birth certificate provided to PolitiFact has boxes for the birthplace of parents, but no box for their race. In the confidential section, there’s a ...

While author Assemblyman Rick Zbur (D-Beverly Hills) says the bill is a necessary response to efforts making it “harder for ...

Most adoptees in California do not have access to something very basic, their original birth certificate. This is because the state has sealed those birth certificates, causing adoptees to spend ...

A man born in California recently received an email ... According to the outlet, Martinez-Gomez's birth certificate verifies those details. Still, on April 11, he received an email from DHS ...

Because of state rules, the accent marks in Nicolás’ name were omitted on his birth certificate ... according to the California Department of Health’s Office of Vital Records handbook.” ...