Time and time again the California State Legislature has shot down policies to address the ever-present fentanyl crisis plaguing our state. The supermajority, which has the power to assign chairmanships to powerful committees, like Public Safety, has rejected four bills in three years. Rejecting these bills shows that some in legislative leadership are not interested in pursuing real consequences that would have prevented the nearly 6,000 California deaths caused by fentanyl. That is why we are taking it to the voters.
Assemblymembers Alanis and Patterson joined me in introducing Assembly Constitutional Amendment (ACA) 12, better known as Alexandra’s Law, to address the unprecedented fentanyl crisis California is facing. Alexandra’s Law is a bipartisan attempt to hold fentanyl dealers accountable by informing convicted fentanyl dealers that subsequent offenses could result in a charge of voluntary manslaughter or murder.
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