>Anyways, it feels like all sides of the political spectrum are trying to strip away any semblance of anonymity or privacy online both in the US and abroad. No one should have to provide any personal details to use any general computing device.

What was the legislative history for the California law? Who sponsored it, and who are their backers? Is there some coordinated effort by surveillance state proponents?

I mean I can already answer the last question in the affirmative even without knowing anything else. That's just how the sausage is made—if you see similar laws being pitched in multiple states it's because some org is lobbying for it. It's not so much coordination but all coming from the same place. Now they're probably not cloak and dagger surveillance state people, just misguided folks who are true believers in the protecting children narrative.

Generally any actual surveillance state people would be tag-along donors to the org.