Andrew Dale was 45, fit, and an athlete. Months of exhaustion and stomach issues led to a diagnosis that changed everything: lymphoma. The good news, his oncologist said, was that decades of research meant there was a path to remission. After chemo stopped working, immunotherapy took over and saved his life. Now in remission and a board member of Blood Cancer United, Andrew credits three things for his survival: 1) immunology, 2) the community that surrounded his family, and 3) his immediate family's love. His daughter Zoe was six when her dad got sick. She didn't understand cancer. What she understood was that her mom stayed at the hospital, friends picked her up from school, and meal trains fed her family. Now 23, a political science major at Tulane and a first-time voter, Zoe sees Proposition 38 as a generational responsibility. The measure would fund immunology research to prevent and cure cancer, Alzheimer's, and heart disease through California's nonprofit universities and research institutions. Why now? Stable, sustained funding. Without it, patients in the middle of breakthrough treatment can be abandoned. Prop 38 is designed to pay for itself through a 10% return on licensing proceeds, with 2% administrative costs and full public accountability. Listen to Andrew and Zoe talk about the moment that changed their family forever, and why they're fighting to make sure others don't have to go through what they did.
Cancer survivor Andrew Dale and his daughter Zoe discuss why they're supporting Proposition 38 (on the November 2026 ballot) to fund breakthrough immunology medical research to cure and prevent devastating diseases that impact millions of Californians, including cancer, heart disease, and Alzheimer's.
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