California families affected by fentanyl overdose deaths joined lawmakers in front of the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 18 to protest the Assembly Public Safety Committee’s recent decision to not hear bipartisan fentanyl bills proposed by legislators.
Attendees were invited to place flowers in baskets commemorating fentanyl victims, and the group said it intends to present the memorial to the committee.
“We have been told by this committee that we need to wait. The families need to wait,” Assemblyman Jim Patterson (R-Fresno)—author of one of the bills vetoed by the committee—told The Epoch Times in a statement April 18. “With all due respect, we don’t have time left to waste, and waiting shouldn’t be an option.”…