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Ten measures will be on the ballot and will ask voters if they support raising the minimum wage, cracking down on crime, banning forced prison labor, capping rent and much more.
Our CBS News California analysis of state crime data found that clearance rates dropped, first, after Proposition 47 passed and again during the pandemic. The statewide clearance rate for thefts ...
Read more:Democrats in tight California House races back anti-crime measure opposed by Newsom Supporters of the measure spent $16.23 million. Early funders included Walmart, Home Depot and Target.
The California Budget and Policy Center released a report estimating that Proposition 36 would increase prison costs, [32] cutting funding for behavioral health services, K-12 school programs for vulnerable youth, and trauma recovery services for crime victims, which have been supported with the savings that come from Prop 47.
California Senate Bill 202, passed in 2011, mandated that initiatives and optional referendums can appear only on the November general election ballot, a statute that was controversial at the time, being seen as a self-serving, single-party initiative; [3] the November general election rule for initiatives and optional referendums has ...
Supporters argued that "Proposition 6 ends slavery in California and upholds human rights and dignity for everyone. It replaces carceral involuntary servitude with voluntary work programs, has bipartisan support, and aligns with national efforts to reform the 13th Amendment .
A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart and Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November to enhance criminal ...
An earlier law, AB 744 (drafted by Ed Chau, signed by Jerry Brown in 2015), allowed for developers of certain types of affordable housing (housing for seniors, housing for special needs populations, housing for low-income and very-low income people, and mixed-income developments that include a minimum number of affordable units) to build less parking units than required by local zoning ...