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Before Proposition 47, if you carried drugs of any weight, otherwise known as simple drug possession, it could have been considered either a felony or a misdemeanor. When Proposition 47 passed ...
47. Responding to Salas's bill, Republican state lawmakers proposed repealing Proposition 47, highlighting the ongoing debate and division surrounding the measure's impact on crime and public safety. [21] Rachel Michelin, the President of the California Retailers' Association, highlights the unintended outcomes of Proposition 47.
The district attorneys have long blamed what they see as a rise in retail theft and drug crimes on Proposition 47, a 2014 voter-approved measure that made some lower-level crimes misdemeanors and ...
The Secretary of State’s Office announced on Tuesday the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act had enough valid signatures to go before voters during the general election. The ...
"What Prop 47 did is increase the dollar amount by which theft can be prosecuted as a felony from $400 to $950 to adjust for inflation and cost of living," Alex Bastian, who co-authored the ...
Possession under HS 11350 was formerly a prosecuted as a misdemeanor or felony with up to 3 years in prison, but Proposition 47 made simple possession for personal use a misdemeanor only. In practice, those charged with cocaine possession will in most cases be given an opportunity to plead guilty and receive no jail time under PC 1000, Prop 36 ...
In 2014, drug possession in California was reduced to a misdemeanor, rather than a felony, with the passing of Proposition 47.In response, San Francisco law enforcement reduced their efforts against drug possession and use. [1]
Gov. Gavin Newsom, McGuire and Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, have said repeatedly a district attorney-backed ballot measure to change Proposition 47 would take the state back to the ...