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Statewide, violent crime rose by 15% from 2020 to 2023, according to California Department of Justice data, while property crime jumped about 5.5%. Property crimes began to decrease in 2023 in 46 ...
In the rush to make sense of those results, several headlines have posited that California is backing away from criminal justice reform and returning to the tough-on-crime policies of the 1990s.
California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to reverse course on progressive criminal justice reform, cracking down on theft crimes and the use of the deadly drug fentanyl.
Coalition for Effective Public Safety (CEPS) is a California-based criminal justice reform coalition of approximately 40 organizations united behind specific principles aimed at increasing public safety in California while curtailing the reliance upon costly, ineffective practices such as mass incarceration.
In 2020, the JusticeLA coalition opposed 2020 California Proposition 25, which would have eliminated the state's cash bail system. [1] The coalition took the position that the new law would have expanded the power of judges to incarcerate people pretrial and would have expanded the use of racially-biased pretrial risk assessment tools. [25]
The Coalition for Public Safety is a bipartisan coalition of progressive and conservative American advocacy groups dedicated to criminal justice reform, established in February 2015. Members [ edit ]
Here is a look at some criminal justice laws going into effect on Jan. 1 around the U.S.: More: Violent crime rates in American cities largely fall back to pre-pandemic levels, new report shows
Violent crime jumped 8% in Los Angeles County from 2019 to 2023, according to California Department of Justice Data, the Los Angeles Times reported — although it rose more in other California ...