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Proposition 36, titled Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes, was an initiated California ballot proposition and legislative statute that was passed by a landslide in the 2024 general election [2] [3] and went into effect in December 2024. [4]
Prop. 36 creates a new penal code section, 490.3, which allows the total value of stolen merchandise to be aggregated in order to meet the $950 felony threshold without having to prove that the ...
Proposition 36 is expected to cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars a year. About $100 million in annual savings that were directed to anti-recidivism programs are likely to be reduced by ...
Prop 36 revises Prop 47, which passed in 2014. Prop 47 reduced sentences for nonviolent drug crimes as well as property theft when the items stolen totaled less than $950.
Poll after poll in California shows that likely voters support Proposition 36, the ballot measure to reinstate felony penalties for certain drug- and theft-related criminal charges.
Opinion polls leading up to Tuesday's election showed strong voter support for Proposition 36 despite warnings from Newsom and the California Legislature's Democratic leadership, who urged voters ...
The topic of crime and punishment also came up in the discussion around Proposition 6, which would amend the state’s constitution to prevent jails and prisons from forcing inmates to work.
California Proposition 36, the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act of 2000, was an initiative statute that permanently changed state law to allow qualifying defendants convicted of non-violent drug possession offenses to receive a probationary sentence in lieu of incarceration.