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CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about the ballot measure from supporters and opponents.
According to a Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) study of data from the DOJ, a statewide increase in overall retail theft between 2019-2023 was mostly driven by "11 of the state's 15 ...
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has laid out how The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act, passed by voters on Nov. 5., will be implemented. Prop. 36 ...
Prop. 36 is a return to the bipartisan failures of the 1980s and 90s. We can and must do better.” He added that “every dollar we spend criminalizing poverty is a dollar we could’ve better ...
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]
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.
Proposition 36, also titled A Change in the "Three Strikes Law" Initiative, was a California ballot measure that was passed in November 2012 to modify California's Three Strikes Law (passed in 1994). The latter law punishes habitual offenders by establishing sentence escalation for crimes that were classified as "strikes", and requires a ...
Prop. 36 will make matters worse by taking away money that could be used to expand substance abuse programs. California’s Prop. 36 won’t address retail theft, drug addiction or homelessness ...