Gavin Newsom: “That first effort, within a matter of months, was able to…”

“… advancing some of our investigations in partnership with the Department of Justice, in partnership with federal agencies, in partnership, obviously, with the District Attorney's office and the California Highway Patrol. That first effort, within a matter of months, was able to seize 700 pounds of fentanyl. Within the first year, over 500 arrests were connected with those CHP operations and those operations in partnership with the Guardians. As a consequence of that, we advanced those efforts into Oakland, and then we scaled those efforts into Southern California and parts of San Bernardino.” (10:07–10:26)

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