. >> reporter: michael arsega's family does not want his death to be in vain. >> because no one deserves something like this. >> reporter: in san jose kiet do, kpix5. >>> a messy pileup caused major delays along a stretch of 101 today. a total of six cars collided in the northbound lanes near the san bruno exit. no one was hurt. the off ramp was shut down for a while while crews cleaned up,

. >> reporter: michael arsega, a 34-year-old husband and father, was sitting on the curb when a gunman sprayed the area with bullets. michael was hit at least once and died. christina, michael's sister, and bradley wills, a close friend are left wondering how despite all the warning signs the law allowed lu beer to remain open. >> i'm pissed off. you're going to have anger and it's disgust actually and again i speak from only my own business. that's just not right. >> reporter: do you think mikey might still be here with us if the authorities had more power? >> i would like to think. so. >> reporter: both lu beer and 10369 are located in california's 27th congressional district, home of assembly woman nora campos who sits on the committee that oversees alcoholic beverage control. she tells me she will try to see abc get more enforcement powers. >> i'm trying to figure out what tool do we give abc and the local authorities so that they can close those establishments down. >> reporter: the assemblywoman said not being able to prevent arsega's death was a tragedy and makes a bold predicti