Apr 18, 2026 · 620K views · 📍 Sacramento, CA
Nick Shirley investigates California's AB 2624, dubbed the "Stop Nick Shirley Act," which he claims would criminalize journalists filming taxpayer-funded immigration support services (including healthcare, hospices, and daycares) and shield NGO funding from public disclosure. He confronts legislators at the Sacramento capitol who deny knowledge of or co-authorship of the bill, and interviews supporters like Carl DeMaio who argue the bill protects fraud and violates the First Amendment. He highlights an alleged conflict of interest since bill author Mia Bonta is married to CA Attorney General Rob Bonta.
Programs involved: AB 2624 (Stop Nick Shirley Act), Medi-Cal, CalWorks
Figures below are claims made in the video, shown with the status stated there — this site does not verify them. Disclaimer
Fraud in three cases in California cited by the interviewed assemblyman
“in three cases alone in the state of California, a half a billion dollars in fraud”
Stated by Assemblyman (interviewee)
Fraud Nick claims to have exposed in California before arrests were made
“after I exposed over a hundred million dollars in fraud they actually made any arrest”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Felony fine journalists could face under the bill
“a fifty thousand dollar fine if it becomes a felony”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Criminal fine journalists could face under the bill
“a ten thousand dollar fine if it's criminal”
Stated by Nick Shirley
Civil fine journalists could face under the bill for exposing services
“you could receive a four thousand dollar fine underneath a civil fine”
Stated by Nick Shirley
All figures are as stated in the video — most are allegations, not adjudicated findings. Every dollar figure links to the timestamp where it is said. Extraction QA: All five monetary claims are accurately quoted and correctly attributed, with the half-billion figure properly assigned to the interviewed assemblyman rather than Nick. Entities are all supported by the transcript, and the ASR-garbled names (Quality Learning Center, Nick Shirley) are correctly flagged. Extraction quality is high with no hallucinations detected.