Alexandra’s Law In The Media

Welcome to the Media page of AlexandrasLaw.info, where you can find a collection of news articles, television segments, and media coverage documenting the journey of Alexandra’s Law—from its inception to its passage and beyond. This archive showcases the tireless advocacy, public awareness efforts, and legislative battles that helped bring this critical law to life. We will update this page with news stories that highlight ongoing efforts pertaining to Alexandra’s Law.

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How a young woman’s memory became a focal point in California’s Prop 36 fight

Fentanyl took her life. Frustrated with the legislature, Matt Capelouto took matters into his own hands and attempted to get Alexandra’s Law…

VOA – Voice of America English News

Man who sold fentanyl-laced pill liable for $5.8 million in death of young female customer

McDowell has been behind bars since 2022 with a fentanyl possession conviction. But the Capeloutos have now won an additional $5.8 million judgment against him…

Parent fentanyl advocates infuriated after California’s ‘Alexandra’s Law’ fails a second time

Parents who have lost children to fentanyl overdose stormed out of a committee hearing for SB 44, also known as “Alexandra’s Law” when it…

ABC7 Los Angeles

SB 44 bill: California lawmakers reconsider Alexandra’s Law that punishes fentanyl drug dealers

Some California lawmakers are pushing to make Senate Bill 44 into law, which would warn drug dealers to stop selling fentanyl.

Orange County Register

Disgusted parents taking fentanyl fight to the ballot box

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that parents who are frustrated at state lawmakers’ failure to act file an initiative they’ve dubbed…

Orange County Register

Fentanyl admonition blocked again in what father calls California Senate’s ‘disgusting display’

Columnist Teri Sforza examines how a bill with bipartisan support to warn dealers can’t make it out of the public safety committee.

San Diego Congressman introduces legislation to make it easier to prosecute fentanyl deaths as murders

By Katie Hyson / Racial Justice and Social Equity Reporter

Contributors: Carolyne Corelis / Video Journalist

Published December 8, 2023 at 4:44 PM PST

Orange County Register

Lawmakers refused to crack down on drug dealers, but Prop. 36 hits hard

Columnist Teri Sforza writes that after multiple, maddening defeats in the state Legislature, Alexandra’s Law triumphs at the ballot box.

California Democrats killed drug dealer warning. It wound up in failed Prop. 47 initiative

California Democrats killed a drug dealer warning, Alexandra’s Law. Gavin Newsom & lawmakers included it in their Proposition 47 initiative.

Grieving families file California ballot proposal to crack down on fentanyl dealers

Frustrated by what they call inaction from California lawmakers, families who have lost loved ones to fentanyl poisoning took matters into…

California Democrats strike down Alexandra’s Law, bill proposing harsher penalties for fentanyl dealers

The legislation had bipartisan support but democrats opposed the bill because it did not clearly explain how dealers would know,…

ABC7 Los Angeles

Fentanyl crackdown: Riverside DA calling for California law that could have dealers face murder charges

Riverside County’s district attorney and other officials are calling for the passage of state legislation that cracks down on dealers of fentanyl and other…

Alexandra’s law aims to charge fentanyl drug dealers with murder

Parent Matt Capelouto discusses new legislation targeting drug dealers after his daughter Alexandra died of fentanyl poisoning.

KTLA5
Fighting Fentanyl in California: Changing the Prosecution Playbook

by: Josh DuBose

Updated: Nov 17, 2022 / 09:36 AM PST

My daughter died from a counterfeit fentanyl pill. Prop. 36 will hold drug dealers accountable

As the father of Alexandra Capelouto, I have spent years raising awareness about the fentanyl poisoning crisis—a crisis that claimed the…

ABC7 Los Angeles

Fentanyl crisis: New federal bill introduced by SoCal congressman could charge drug dealers with murder

The law would essentially warn drug dealers that if they sell a deadly dose of illegal narcotics laced with fentanyl, they will be charged with murder.

Alexandra’s Law Would Go After Drug Dealers for Fentanyl Fatalities

TEMECULA, Calif. — Two days before Christmas in 2019, Matt Capelouto and his wife, Christine, found their 20-year-old daughter Alex dead in…

Lawmakers, parents run out of patience with CA leaders on stalled punishment for fentanyl dealers

A group comprising Republican lawmakers and parents who lost loved ones to fentanyl are planning on launching their own efforts Tuesday to…

Los Angeles Times

California families who lost loved ones to fentanyl-laced drugs press lawmakers to act

Life as he knew it ended for Matt Capelouto two days before Christmas in 2019, when he found his 20-year-old daughter, Alexandra,…

‘Alexandra’s Law’ to be introduced by Sen. Melendez in January

Jeff Pack Staff Writer. Just a day before the anniversary of Alexandra Capelouto’s death by fentanyl poisoning, California State Senator…

The New York Times
California Prosecutors Filing Murder Charges in More Fentanyl Deaths

By Michael Corkery

March 14, 2024