New Faces on California Assembly’s Public Safety Committee Work Toward Solutions

Only three members of the prior committee are still serving, improving the outlook for Republican bills cracking down on fentanyl and trafficking.

The California state Capitol building in Sacramento, Calif., on April 18, 2022. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

In its second hearing in 2024, the Assembly’s Public Safety Committee passed every bill considered Feb. 27 in what some say was a “refreshing” change of tone after a series of controversial decisions to kill bills made by the group in past years.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas replaced most of the eight-member committee last November.