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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 ...
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?
California leaders are pushing lawmakers to get on board with their own version of Proposition 47 changes by Wednesday. California Democrats got dragged into changing Prop. 47 — even though many ...
California Proposition 47 may refer to either of the following ballot initiatives in California: California Proposition 47 (2002) measure providing for the sale of $13 billion in bonds for education. California Proposition 47 (2014) measure reducing the criminal penalties on many nonviolent drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.
California's Proposition 47 passed by a 60–40 margin in 2014. The proposal would "require misdemeanors instead of felonies for nonserious, nonviolent crimes like petty theft and drug possession ...
The ACLU of Northern California described Prop 47 in a press release as "part of a broader conservative strategy in California and across the nation to roll back criminal justice reforms aimed at ...
Proposition 71 (2004) Passed: On the use of stem cells in scientific research. Proposition 73 (2005) Defeated: Parental notification before abortion. Proposition 83 (2006) Passed: Various restrictions of civil liberties for paroled sex offenders (Jessica's Law). Proposition 85 (2006) Defeated: Second attempt at Proposition 73. Proposition 8 (2008)
Top Democratic state leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, have repeatedly shut down calls to repeal Proposition 47. Newsom argued California already has tools to sufficiently go after criminals ...