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[42] "2024 California Proposition 36 would undo some of Proposition 47's reduced sentencing, such as theft of items worth $950 or less by a person with two or more past convictions would become a felony under Proposition 36 but is currently a misdemeanor.". [43] [44] It passed with 69% of the vote.
California Civil Code § 3369, enacted in 1872, was California's early unfair competition statute. It "addressed only the availability of civil remedies for business violations in cases of penalty, forfeiture, and criminal violation." [3] A 1933 amendment expanded the law to prohibit "any person [from] performing an act of unfair competition."
California recognizes three categories of crime, distinguishable by the gravity of offense and severity of punishment: Felonies, Misdemeanors, and Infractions. [2] Regardless of category or specific offense, all valid crimes are required to have two elements: 1) an act committed or omitted In California, and 2) an articulated punishment as ...
Proposition 36 on California's November ballot asks voters to change parts of Proposition 47, an initiative passed in 2014 that turned some felonies to misdemeanors. What exactly is Prop. 47?
The bill specifies that if the victim were under 16, the person would be charged with a wobbler, which means they can be charged with either a misdemeanor or a felony on the first offense and can ...
A 2023 petition to the FTC to ban non-compete agreements estimated that about 30 million workers (about 20% of all U.S. workers) were subject to a noncompete clause. [3] While higher-wage workers are comparatively more likely to be covered by non-compete clauses, non-competes covered 14 percent of workers without college degrees in 2018. [4]
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270,000 felony cases, 900,000 misdemeanor cases, and 5 million infraction cases heard [3] by the California superior courts; There are currently 130,000 people in state prisons [4] and 70,000 people in county jails. [5] Of these, there are 746 people who have been sentenced to death. [6]