New: Matt Capelouto, father of Alexandra who died of fentanyl poisoning, is urging Gov. Newsom and Dem lawmakers to remove use of “Alexandra’s Law” from their proposed ballot measure.

AL would provide court advisement to fentanyl dealers if they do it again & someone dies, they could face homicide charges.

The public safety committees in both houses have rejected this measure repeatedly since 2021.

Capelouto confirms what @Patterdude said on the Assembly floor, that no one with Newsom’s office called him to make sure it was ok they use his daughter’s name. Capelouto stormed out of the hearing on Alexandra’s Law last summer as Senators Skinner and Wiener explained their concerns with the advisement.

“All you do is fight for drug dealers!” He yelled to the group before leaving.

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🧵 California lawmakers in Assembly Appropriations Committee are adding controversial clauses to the Senate bills in organized retail theft package, which would kill the bills if Prop 47 reform passes. Leadership swapped out @AsmCarrillo @AsmVillapudua and put @AsmMarcBerman and @AsmAguiarCurry on the committee.

Carrillo has said she supports ballot initiative, Villapudua had bill to reform Prop 47.

Emails between Gov. Newsom's chief of staff and leader of campaign backing Prop 47 reform initiative show Newsom's office was open to taking the issue to voters in 2026.

Now, new questions behind the Democratic-led effort to get it off the 2024 ballot.
kcra.com/article/emails… For the last several months, Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Legislature have said there is no need to take the issue to voters.

Speaker Robert Rivas and Pro Tem Mike McGuire aren't commenting on the emails.

Now: The Senate Public Safety Committee is now hearing this proposal to make purchasing a child for sex a felony in California.

“It takes two criminals to do this children,” Senator Grove says. “A trafficker and a buyer” 🧵

https://twitter.com/zavalaa/status/1779560573661016108

Grove says she’s accepting two amendments to the bill:

•remove strict liability
•remove requirement for sex registration for first time offenders.

She says she won’t accept amendment to have the bill only apply to children 15 and under.

🧵Third & final CA Senate Debate tonight on NBC stations across California.

Katie Porter immediately comes out swinging against Adam Schiff on question about inflation, saying he hasn't signed onto bills for housing affordability, childcare.

He said he's written his own bills Are we prepared for military conflict?

Porter: Yes, important to ensure safety

Garvey: Needs to be fully funded at all times

Lee: We need to cut Pentagon budget by $100 billion and put more into troops, domestic needs

Schiff: We don't pay our service members enough.

🧵 Governor Newsom’s proposal to scrutinize and potentially penalize oil refiners when they make too much money off of CA drivers is now on the California Senate floor. @NancySkinnerCA presents, says, among many things, this bill allows the state to hold "big oil" accountable.

@BrianDahleCA rises in opposition. "We're telling these oil companies we don't need them anymore," but says California will need them still in 2035.

The Senate Appropriations committee is now hearing Governor Newsom’s proposal to scrutinize and potentially penalize oil refiners when they make too much money off of CA drivers.

Dept. of Finance says total cost of the program is about $7 million for staffing. This committee is solely focusing on fiscal aspects of the bill (so this hearing won’t be as lengthy as yesterday)

@OfficialWSPA remains opposed, noting potential unintended financial consequences for consumers.

🧵 The CA Senate Energy, Utilities & Comms committee is kicking off its hearing/vote on Gov. Newsom’s proposal to scrutinize and penalize oil companies when they make too much money off of CA drivers. @NancySkinnerCA is presenting the bill. She points to gas price spikes experienced last year in California that raised prices much higher than the national average.

"What we don’t have yet is any type of law or regulation that can help protect Californians from this"

🧵Scooplet: Gov. Gavin Newsom went to both Senate and Assembly Dem caucuses this afternoon at the CA Capitol to try to round up votes for his oil refiner profits penalty proposal. The bill has its first committee vote tomorrow.

I caught up with him briefly in the hallway... Asked how caucus went:

"It was great, it's been incredible, the process" he said.

"We're doing something that's never been done in U.S. history. It's a big deal. There is no playbook."

🧵 It’s the second to last day for the California legislature to pass policy this session.

Here’s what’s being sent to the Governor’s desk: CA lawmakers in the Senate just approved SB 1056, which requires major social media platforms to clearly state if it has a way for violent posts to be reported.

It would allow targets of violent posts to seek order requiring it be removed.

BREAKING: Gov. Gavin Newsom proposes sending $400 debit cards to California car owners in response to rising gas prices.

Each individual could get up to 2 payments, families who own more than one car would be capped at 2 cars.

Eligibility based on car registration, not income. The proposal also includes:

$523 million to pause inflationary adjustment to gas/diesel excise tax

$600 million to pause part of sales tax on diesel for one year

$750 million in grants to incentive rail to offer free rides to Californians for three months