{"id":9667,"date":"2023-05-08T18:53:22","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9667"},"modified":"2023-05-08T21:59:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T04:59:31","slug":"capitol-democrats-block-effort-to-do-something-on-fentanyl-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9667","title":{"rendered":"Capitol Democrats Block Effort to Do Something on Fentanyl Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drug traffickers, cartels win again with one-party rule in Sacramento<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

SACRAMENTO \u2013 Today, one day ahead of National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Assembly Democrats again blocked common-sense proposals to crack down on fentanyl traffickers profiting off poisoning Californians. With more than 100 Californians dying every week because of fentanyl, Democrats embraced the ongoing crisis by refusing to consider bipartisan proposals to hold dealers accountable.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe fentanyl epidemic is killing more and more Californians each day, but Democrats refuse to do anything serious to end the carnage,\u201d said Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City). \u201cFentanyl is not a drug \u2013 it\u2019s a weapon of mass destruction. Democrats\u2019 continued refusal to crack down on the traffickers is further confirmation they are only looking out for criminals, not public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Following a hearing in which Democrats on the Assembly Public Safety Committee killed multiple bills to increase punishments for fentanyl traffickers, Assembly Republicans moved to take the bills up for a vote by the full Assembly. On a party-line vote, Democrats blocked the effort<\/a>, ensuring the bills would remain stalled.<\/p>\n

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The bills blocked by Democrats were:<\/p>\n