CALIFORNIA FREEDOM OF ACCESS TO CLINIC AND CHURCH ENTRANCES ACT
Cal. PEN § 423.5
California Statutes
(a)
(1) The court in which a criminal or civil proceeding is filed for a violation of subdivision (a), (c), or (
e) of
Section 423.2 shall take all action reasonably required, including granting restraining orders, to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of either of the following: (
A) A reproductive health services client, provider, or assistant who is a party or witness in the proceeding. (
B) A person who is a victim of, or at risk of becoming a victim of, conduct prohibited by subdivision (a), (c), or (
e) of
Section 423.2.
(2) The court in which a criminal or civil proceeding is filed for a violation of subdivision (b), (d), or (
f) of
Section 423.2 shall take all action reasonably required, including granting restraining orders, to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of either of the following: (
A) A person lawfully exercising or seeking to exercise the First Amendment right of religious freedom at a place of religious worship. (
B) An entity that owns or operates a place of religious worship. (
b) Restraining orders issued pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (
a) may include provisions prohibiting or restricting the photographing of persons described in subparagraphs (
A) and (
B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (
a) when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons. Restraining orders issued pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (
a) may include provisions prohibiting or restricting the photographing of persons described in subparagraphs (
A) and (
B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (
a) when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons. (
c) A court may, in its discretion, permit an individual described in subparagraph (
A) or (
B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (
a) to use a pseudonym in a civil proceeding described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (
a) when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons. A court may, in its discretion, permit an individual described in subparagraph (
A) or (
B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (
a) to use a pseudonym in a civil proceeding described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (
a) when reasonably required to safeguard the health, safety, or privacy of those persons.