With lots of DUI arrests in Kern County every year, a new California law is trying to reduce that number by starting with schools. New California law aims to reduce DUI arrests by enhancing alcohol education in schools.
- Amber Morales, a mother who lost her children to a drunk driver, supports the new law.
- Assembly Bill 2865 signed by Governor Gavin Newsom by former Los Angles Democratic Assembly member Wendy Carrillo mandates schools to educate students on the long-term harms of excessive drinking.
- Kern County sees around 4,000 DUI arrests annually, with numbers remaining constant.
BROADCAST TRANSCRIPT:
Amber Morales, “My kids know that there is not a day that goes by that I don’t think of them or that I don’t fight for them in some way.”
Morales is a mother of 5 she tells me one call from her sister-in-law changed her and her family’s life on March 25, 2018.
Morales, “My sister-in-law told me that there had been a crash.”
Her ex-husband, 14-year-old daughter Madyson, and 19-year-old son Kaleb were killed on Highway 43 by a drunk driver in northern Kern.