 These operations have resulted in the seizure of over 62,000 pounds of fentanyl in 2023, a 1,066% increase since 2021. In the first five months just of this year alone, counter drug operations have led to the seizure of some estimated 5.8 million pills containing fentanyl statewide. Governor Gavin Newsom, Democrat from California, giving his annual state of the state address.