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Gov. Newsom Vetoes Bill Proposing to Allow Open Drug Dens

August 22, 2022 3:59 pmAugust 22, 2022 4:11 pm

Proposing to allow open drug dens in two of California’s most crime-laden, homeless and vagrant-filled cities is the equivalent of taking a recovering alcoholic to an open bar at a large wedding. Fortunately, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed Senate Bill 57,...

Senator Wiener, Assemblyman Haney Call on Gov. Newsom to Sign Open Drug Den Sites Legislation

August 9, 2022 12:00 pmAugust 9, 2022 1:48 pm

Proposing to allow open drug dens in two of California’s most crime-laden, homeless and vagrant-filled cities is the equivalent of taking a recovering alcoholic to an open bar at a large wedding. Senate Bill 57, passed by both houses of...

Mass Migration Across the Open Border Provides Cover for Drug Cartels

May 30, 2021 2:20 amMay 30, 2021 9:35 am

Long before Ronald Reagan’s “War On Drugs” the Mexican cartels were wreaking havoc across our southern border for more than a half century. For the last two years of the Trump Administration, their criminality was curtailed by his effort to...

Senate Dems Kill Bill to Hold Fentanyl Drug Dealers Accountable with ‘Implied Malice’

March 23, 2021 7:02 pmMarch 23, 2021 7:02 pm

Democrat members of the California Senate Public Safety Committee killed a bill Tuesday by Senator Melissa Melendez (R -Lake Elsinore), which would have held Fentanyl drug dealers accountable for “implied malice” if someone they sold the drug to died from...