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The mayor of Los Angeles, Eric Garcetti, has also suggested that the law may explain why his city's crime rates went from decreasing to increasing. [24] In a 2015 story in The Washington Post, the police chief of San Diego, Shelley Zimmerman, described Proposition 47 as "a virtual get-out-of-jail-free card." She and other police chiefs also ...
Division of California into Three States. Initiative Statute. Also known as the Cal 3 measure, would have divided California into three U.S. states, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress. [46] Removed from the ballot by order of the California Supreme Court on July 18, 2018, for further legal review. [47] 10: Failed
In October 2011, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill (Senate Bill No. 202) which requires all future ballot initiatives to be listed only in general elections (held in November in even-numbered years), rather than during any statewide election. Two propositions had already qualified for the next statewide election (which was the June ...
Under California law, certain types of bills passed by the State Legislature and signed by the Governor must be submitted to the voters as a referendum at the next statewide election. Legislative bills that require mandatory referendums include state constitutional amendments, bond measures , [ 7 ] and amendments to previously approved voter ...
Criminal justice laws going into effect in the New Year show a mix of reform and harsher sentences. See new laws in Colorado, California, more states.
The question of whether Proposition 8 is a constitutional amendment or constitutional revision was ruled on by the California Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and found that it was not a revision and therefore would be upheld. They also declared that the same-sex marriages performed prior to the passing of Prop 8 would remain valid. [38]
Changes involving housing laws will come to California in the new year, but not all of them will go into effect at the same time. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bills into law in 2023 that will go into ...
A federal judge ruled that the law was overbroad and violated the First Amendment. ... a federal judge halted enforcement of a California law targeting election misinformation. ... Kohls has a ...