in a state

Also, in a state that needs housing, displaced residences could be replaced by accessory dwelling units on the same block.

“The feds aren’t going to get involved in a state case to enforce a state law. And generally speaking, Marsy’s Law allows victims to be heard, but there is no real enforcement mechanism,” Rahmani said.

Its passage would also place the responsibility of a pregnancy on children in a state with abstinence- and shame-based sex education, the nation's highest population-adjusted rate of reported child sexual abuse cases and third highest rate of registered sex offenders, she said.

The violence has left the Alawite community in "a state of horror", an activist in the city told the BBC on Friday, with hundreds of people reportedly fleeing affected areas.

“If you live in a state where the government is deciding to regulate these more stringently, you are going to have more protection,” SoRelle said.