Matt Capelouto
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And it was like 50 grand a month, right? I don't think it was quite that much. You could lose it zero there. Oh, it was 55 grand a month? Yeah. But we wanted to call out the senators that kept... Voting against Alexandra's law and not passing it through to the floor for a vote. And it was recommended to me that I do not do that since it was being adopted by Prop 36. Right. It passed in November.
And it was like 50 grand a month, right? I don't think it was quite that much. You could lose it zero there. Oh, it was 55 grand a month? Yeah. But we wanted to call out the senators that kept... Voting against Alexandra's law and not passing it through to the floor for a vote. And it was recommended to me that I do not do that since it was being adopted by Prop 36. Right. It passed in November.
And it was like 50 grand a month, right? I don't think it was quite that much. You could lose it zero there. Oh, it was 55 grand a month? Yeah. But we wanted to call out the senators that kept... Voting against Alexandra's law and not passing it through to the floor for a vote. And it was recommended to me that I do not do that since it was being adopted by Prop 36. Right. It passed in November.
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Well, keep in mind, despite the setback in 2023, we were getting a lot of support. We actually had the majority of our state Senate on board as co-authors of the bill. We just couldn't get it passed out of the public safety committee controlled by five senators because three of those five, actually four of those five, would not support it. So they couldn't
Well, keep in mind, despite the setback in 2023, we were getting a lot of support. We actually had the majority of our state Senate on board as co-authors of the bill. We just couldn't get it passed out of the public safety committee controlled by five senators because three of those five, actually four of those five, would not support it. So they couldn't
Well, keep in mind, despite the setback in 2023, we were getting a lot of support. We actually had the majority of our state Senate on board as co-authors of the bill. We just couldn't get it passed out of the public safety committee controlled by five senators because three of those five, actually four of those five, would not support it. So they couldn't
So we couldn't get it to the full floor for a vote. If we got it there, it would have passed. Do you know the names of the four people that didn't support it? So Scott Wiener represents a district in San Francisco. Stephen Bradford represents a district here in Los Angeles. Nancy Skinner represents an area near Berkeley. And Ayesha Wahab. Ayesha Wahab was the other. Wahab? Wahab. Wahab. Wahab.
So we couldn't get it to the full floor for a vote. If we got it there, it would have passed. Do you know the names of the four people that didn't support it? So Scott Wiener represents a district in San Francisco. Stephen Bradford represents a district here in Los Angeles. Nancy Skinner represents an area near Berkeley. And Ayesha Wahab. Ayesha Wahab was the other. Wahab? Wahab. Wahab. Wahab.
So we couldn't get it to the full floor for a vote. If we got it there, it would have passed. Do you know the names of the four people that didn't support it? So Scott Wiener represents a district in San Francisco. Stephen Bradford represents a district here in Los Angeles. Nancy Skinner represents an area near Berkeley. And Ayesha Wahab. Ayesha Wahab was the other. Wahab? Wahab. Wahab. Wahab.
And I think her district is somewhere, is either Oakland or around Oakland. All right.
And I think her district is somewhere, is either Oakland or around Oakland. All right.
And I think her district is somewhere, is either Oakland or around Oakland. All right.
Not all of them are still on the safety committee anymore, but they're still moving on in politics, and these people do not belong in politics. No, they don't. They don't belong. They don't belong anywhere. So what ended up being great, a blessing in disguise, and it's amazing how things have just worked out the way they have. When did it start?
Not all of them are still on the safety committee anymore, but they're still moving on in politics, and these people do not belong in politics. No, they don't. They don't belong. They don't belong anywhere. So what ended up being great, a blessing in disguise, and it's amazing how things have just worked out the way they have. When did it start?
Not all of them are still on the safety committee anymore, but they're still moving on in politics, and these people do not belong in politics. No, they don't. They don't belong. They don't belong anywhere. So what ended up being great, a blessing in disguise, and it's amazing how things have just worked out the way they have. When did it start?
Well, you know, we first introduced this in 2020, and it first had its first hearing in early 2021. But every time we reintroduced it, We watered it down a little bit to just try to get something to pass. To make it more palatable. To make it more palatable. Ultimately, by the end, it was specific to just fentanyl.
Well, you know, we first introduced this in 2020, and it first had its first hearing in early 2021. But every time we reintroduced it, We watered it down a little bit to just try to get something to pass. To make it more palatable. To make it more palatable. Ultimately, by the end, it was specific to just fentanyl.