On this episode of WTF California, after a 12-year-old girl was shot in killed in the City of Antioch, Burkholder calls for all of East Contra Costa County to work together to reduce violence while Antioch's Mayor uses 12-year-old's death as a political platform. Turnage calls for more efforts to be done for youth in the schools. Also on this episode, we talk about youths arrested in connection with an attack on an 80-year-old man in San Leandro, Oakland Mayor talks violence and Oakland A's, Newsom could lift mask mandate and much more.
Note - Antioch Mayor issues two statements within 12-hours calling for
- I had originally planned to bring additional youth programming measures to the May 25th Council meeting. Instead, I’ll be bringing those measures to a special meeting next Tuesday, May 18th including the creation of a Community Led Violence Prevention Task Force in partnership with Moms Demand Action - CA.
I’ll be advancing a safe storage ordinance and creation of a community led violence prevention task force. I’ll reiterate my message to young people, guns are not the answer to solving problems! Cease fire!
- UPDATE: 12-Year-Old Shot and Killed Wednesday Night in Antioch
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