DAVIS, Calif. — The Davis Joint Unified School District has filed for a temporary restraining order against the leader of an advocate group in Yolo County after multiple bomb threats have been called to the Davis area in schools, educators homes, libraries and more.
Beth Bourne is the leader of Moms for Liberty who recently hosted an event at the Yolo County Library about transgender athletes. Days after the group was kicked out from the building, it was hit with a bomb threat. While officials say there has identified suspect, Bourne says she's not surprised.
“The last 10 months, they have been pushing hard back on me and not welcoming me to the school board meetings or to public events or providing the curriculum when I request it,” said Bourne.
Bourne has posted dozens of times to her Facebook page about Davis schools, sometimes mentioning teachers by name.
Now with the temporary restraining order, she says she has been ordered to stop and will do so.
The specifics of the restraining order are sealed. Bourne argues she is only sharing what's matter of public record and is acting as a parent, not a Moms of Liberty member when posting about Davis Unified.
“I am not sharing anything that is not available to the public,” said Bourne. “They are implying with the restraining order that it is leading to bomb threats.”
Bourne is not accused of sending the bomb threats that have closed schools and the county library thorughout this school year.
Some parents who spoke anonymously with ABC10 say they disagree with Bourne and don't think her social media posts help with the situation. They want to keep local matters local.
The DJUSD told ABC10 they have no comment about the restraining order, but Superintendent Matt Best said in a Sept. 21 Board of Trustees meeting that the board would do "everything possible" to protect teachers.
"I will say that when we have laws that protect our staff, when there are disruptions to our activities, that fall within the boundary of the law, we are going to call the police department, we're going to file a police report, we're going to pursue criminal charges when that is possible, we are going to pursue restraining orders when that's possible," he said.
The matter of the temporary restraining order will go in front of a judge Oct. 25.
Bourne tells ABC10, she will follow the order and not post anything related to the DJUSD, but will post about issues facing other nearby school districts.
