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Assemblymember Matt Haney Announces Bill to Help Save Student Lives and Prevent Campus Overdoses

Assemblymember Haney Announces Creation of Special Bipartisan Committee to Investigate Fentanyl and Opioid Deaths in California

Committee will focus on the rapid spread of fentanyl and how to stop the over 6843 overdose deaths that occurred in California last year

Sacramento – Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) announced today that the Speaker of the Assembly, Anthony Rendon, has approved the creation of a Select Committee on Fentanyl, Overdose Prevention & Opioids. The committee has been created to address the raging fentanyl and opioid crisis that has claimed the lives of over 6,800 Californians last year.

Assemblymember Haney Announces Creation of Special Bipartisan Committee to Investigate Fentanyl and Opioid Deaths in California

Committee will focus on the rapid spread of fentanyl and how to stop the over 6843 overdose deaths that occurred in California last year

Sacramento – Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) announced today that the Speaker of the Assembly, Anthony Rendon, has approved the creation of a Select Committee on Fentanyl, Overdose Prevention & Opioids. The committee has been created to address the raging fentanyl and opioid crisis that has claimed the lives of over 6,800 Californians last year.

Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Haney Joint Statement on Growing Monkeypox Outbreak

SAN FRANCISCO - Monkeypox is a growing public health issue in our community. While the
virus can infect anyone, it is particularly impacting gay and bisexual men. We have very little
time to contain this outbreak and prevent it from getting out of control and potentially becoming
endemic. The good news is that we have an effective vaccine that prevents monkeypox. The bad

Senator Wiener and Assemblymember Haney Joint Statement on Growing Monkeypox Outbreak

SAN FRANCISCO - Monkeypox is a growing public health issue in our community. While the virus can infect anyone, it is particularly impacting gay and bisexual men. We have very little time to contain this outbreak and prevent it from getting out of control and potentially becoming endemic. The good news is that we have an effective vaccine that prevents monkeypox.

Assemblymember Haney, Community Leaders Speak Out Against 177.5% Rise in Anti-Asian Hate Crimes and Highlight Efforts to Combat Hate

Stop Hate
Recommit to taking action in response to California Attorney General’s 2021 Hate Crimes Report

San Francisco – Today in Chinatown, Assemblymember Matt Haney and representatives from California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Office stood with Asian Pacific Islander (API), Black, and LGBTQ leaders to draw attention to the dramatic increase in hate crimes statewide, including the 177.5% increase in reported anti-Asian hate crimes, and to outline statewide efforts to fight these crimes.