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In 2014, California voters passed Proposition 47, which reclassified several felonies as misdemeanors. Proposition 47 passed with nearly 60% [6] of votes across California, and was supported by the editorial board of the New York Times, [7] the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times, [8] and the American Civil Liberties Union. [9]
Compared to pre-pandemic (2015-2019) averages, about half of California counties saw an increase in shoplifting in 2023, while the other half saw a decrease, according to state crime data.
A 2018 study from the University of California, Irvine, maintains that Prop 47 was not a "driver" for recent upticks in crime, based upon comparison of data from 1970 to 2015, in New York, Nevada, Michigan and New Jersey, states that closely matched California's crime trends, but that "what the measure did do was cause less harm and suffering ...
Supporters argued that "Proposition 6 ends slavery in California and upholds human rights and dignity for everyone. It replaces carceral involuntary servitude with voluntary work programs, has bipartisan support, and aligns with national efforts to reform the 13th Amendment .
More than 30,000 Californians are stuck with felonies, misdemeanors and other convictions on their records that should have been wiped 'automatically.' California was supposed to clear cannabis ...
Proposition 36, also titled A Change in the "Three Strikes Law" Initiative, was a California ballot measure that was passed in November 2012 to modify California's Three Strikes Law (passed in 1994). The latter law punishes habitual offenders by establishing sentence escalation for crimes that were classified as "strikes", and requires a ...
Nathan Hochman claps during a Dec. 3 ceremony where he was sworn in as the new L.A. County district attorney after beating out incumbent George Gascón in last month's election.
Tough on crime campaigns led to the abolition of parole in some states, restrictions on the power of parole boards and harsher mandatory minimum sentencing laws, such as California's 1994 Three Strikes law, a ballot proposition [29] (since amended) that imposed a 25 years to life sentence for multiple felony convictions. [30]