In 2016 the parents of Nicolás, Nancy Chaires Espinoza and Pablo Espinoza were shocked to find out about the ban while filling out his birth certificate form in a Los Angeles hospital.

AB 77, authored by Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco, D-Downey, would allow parents to put diacritical marks — tildes — on birth certificates ...

Will California Finally Allow Accents and Original Spellings on Birth Certificates? If a proposed bill passes, it wouldn't just affect the state’s large Latino population but others with non ...

The measure, Assembly Bill 64, targets a 38-year-old law that bans the use of diacritical marks — such as tildes and accents — on marriage licenses and certificates of birth or death.

The use of diacritical marks — like tildes and accents — are not allowed on marriage licenses and certificates of birth or death in California. But Assembly Bill 77 would change that.