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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.
California is not for sale was a proposed ballot initiative that would require legislators to wear the logos of their top 10 donors on their suits when advocating for policies on the Senate or Assembly floor. Due to gathering insufficient signatures, it failed to qualify as a California ballot measure for the 2016 state elections.
A June 2018 study by the Public Policy Institute of California found evidence that Proposition 47 may have contributed toward an uptick in larceny and auto break-in thefts. [28]: 2 [29] The study indicates it found a decline in recidivism and no evidence of an increase in violent crime linked to Proposition 47. [28]: 2
Requiring labeling on raw or processed food offered for sale to consumers if made from plants or animals with genetic material changed in a specified way. Proposition 47 (2014) Passed: Redefining some nonviolent offenses as misdemeanors, rather than felonies, as they had previously been categorized. Proposition 64 (2016) Passed
- California Gov. Gavin Newsom, discussing the launch of a new website intended to hold the government accountable for the implementation of Proposition 1, the 2024 measure to expand mental health ...
The California Department of Justice is a statewide investigative law enforcement agency and legal department of the California executive branch under the elected leadership of the Attorney General of California (AG) which carries out complex criminal and civil investigations, prosecutions, and other legal services throughout the US State of California. [1]
Kamala Harris appears in 2011 at a "Smart on Crime" policy summit at UC Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where she spoke about protecting the rights of victims of sex trafficking.
As President Biden mulls over a preemptive pardon to protect potential targets from revenge prosecution by President-elect Donald Trump, one of those targets said Monday that he doesn't want Biden ...