Families file California ballot proposal against fentanyl dealers

ASHLEY ZAVALA EXPLAINS HOW THE EFFORT TWO FATHERS WHO LOST THEIR CHILDREN TO FENTANYL POISONING, HOPING TO TURN THEIR HEARTBREAK INTO CHANGE. WE’D LIKE TO FILE THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE. MATT CAPELOUTO LOST HIS DAUGHTER ALEXANDRA IN 2019, AND CHRIS DIDIER LOST HIS SON ZACH IN 2020. THEIR PHOTOS AND OTHERS LINING THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF THE CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE TUESDAY. THEY HANDED FORMS INTO THE OFFICE TO LAUNCH THE PROPOSED BALLOT INITIATIVE PROCESS TO CRACK DOWN ON FENTANYL DEALERS AND GET VOTERS INVOLVED TO GATHER SUPPORTING THIS BALLOT INITIATIVE. WE CAN BRING HOPE TO STOP THE FLOW OF THIS

DEADLY DRUG AS WELL AS THE DEMAND. THE PROPOSAL, KNOWN AS ALEXANDRA’S LAW, WOULD GIVE FENTANYL DEALERS THE SAME NOTICE. THOSE CONVICTED OF DRUNK DRIVING GET IN COURT. DO IT AGAIN. AND YOU COULD FACE MURDER CHARGES. IT ALSO SETS A 10 TO 12 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR DEALERS WHOSE DRUGS END UP KILLING SOMEONE. PASSING THIS LAW IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO. DAUGHTER OF THE LATE RAPPER DMX WAS THERE TO SUPPORT IT. SHE LOST HER FATHER TO A DRUG OVERDOSE AND OTHER RELATIVES TO FENTANYL POISONING. I WOULD TELL THEM THAT I’M FIGHTING TO MAKE A CHANGE

IN HONOR OF THEM. WITH LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LEFT IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION, CALIFORNIA REPUBLICANS IN THE STATE ASSEMBLY ATTEMPTED TO FLEX THE RULES TO TRY TO GET LAWMAKERS TO

VOTE ON RCA 12. THIS WOULD BE A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT ADDS ALEXANDRA’S LAW TO THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION, AND IT WOULD ULTIMATELY BE UP TO VOTERS. HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED. I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND WITHDRAW REPUBLICANS TRIED TO RUSH THE MEASURE TO THE FLOOR. THEN DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY LEADER ASSEMBLYMAN ISAAC BRIAN MADE A FEW NOTES AGAINST THE MOVE. MADAM SPEAKER, ISN’T IT TRUE THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL

BILLS RELATED TO THE SALE, DISTRIBUTION, ACCOUNTABILITY AND NETWORK AROUND FENTANYL STILL TO BE DEALT WITH ON THIS FLOOR BY SEPTEMBER 14TH? AND IN FACT, THIS BODY HAS PASSED MORE LEGISLATION RELATED TO FENTANYL THAN ANY LEGISLATIVE BODY IN CALIFORNIA’S HISTORY. THAT IS CORRECT. THE ATTEMPT FAILED 42 TO 18, WITH SEVERAL DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING A DISAPPOINTMENT FOR THE PARENTS. WITH THAT, THE PROPOSAL’S ONLY POSSIBLE I-80 NOW OF BECOMING LAW IS UP TO THEM. THIS GROUP IS UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. WE DON’T KNOW WHY IT’S GOTTEN THIS FAR, BUT, YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE FIGHTING IN SACRAMENTO ASHLEY

ZAVALA, KCRA KCRA 3 NEWS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, THIS GROUP WILL LIKELY BE CLEARED TO BEGIN COLLECTING SIGNATURES. THEY’LL NEED MORE THAN HALF A MILLION SIGNATURES WITHIN A