Tag: Senate Public Safety Committee

Umberg Vows to Carry on With Fentanyl Crackdown in California Despite Committee’s Rejection

April 27, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) said April 26 he’s done trying to get a bill cracking down on fentanyl dealers out of a state Senate committee after it was rejected again this week, and will instead support efforts to seek an initiative from voters to change the law. Umberg sponsored the bill with…

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California Lawmaker Vows to Carry on With Fentanyl Crackdown in California Despite Committee’s Rejection

April 27, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) said April 26 he’s done trying to get a bill cracking down on fentanyl dealers out of a state Senate committee after it was rejected again this week, and will instead support efforts to seek an initiative from voters to change the law. Umberg sponsored the bill with…

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California Lawmaker Vows to Carry on With Fentanyl Crackdown Despite Committee’s Rejection

April 27, 2023
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SANTA ANA, Calif.—Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) said April 26 he’s done trying to get a bill cracking down on fentanyl dealers out of a state Senate committee after it was rejected again this week, and will instead support efforts to seek an initiative from voters to change the law. Umberg sponsored the bill with…

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California’s Homeless Encampment Ban Stalls in Senate, Will Be Heard Again

March 30, 2023
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Homelessness remains a top concern that Californians want to be addressed, but a bill that would have mandated encampments be cleared in front of public areas like schools, parks, libraries, and daycare centers stalled in the Senate Public Safety Committee March 28. Senate Bill 31—authored by Sen. Brian Jones (R-San Diego)—would make sitting, lying, sleeping,…

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California Bill That Would Impose Harsher Penalties on Fentanyl Dealers Stalls in Senate Committee

March 30, 2023
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A bipartisan bill in the California Legislature that would have allowed prosecutors to charge fentanyl dealers with murder if someone dies as a result of them ingesting a drug they sold, failed to pass in the Senate Public Safety Committee March 28. Senate Bill 44, introduced last month by Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana), would…

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