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[42] "2024 California Proposition 36 would undo some of Proposition 47's reduced sentencing, such as theft of items worth $950 or less by a person with two or more past convictions would become a felony under Proposition 36 but is currently a misdemeanor.". [43] [44] It passed with 69% of the vote.
The attorney general’s office under Harris released a summary of the law, called Proposition 47, which predicted that prison and jail populations would decrease while funding for truancy ...
But California is offering one to Kamala Harris in the form of this year’s Proposition 36. A decade ago, California first considered Proposition 47, which stood down law enforcement by ...
Harris declined to take any position on criminal sentencing-reform initiatives Prop 36 (2012) and Prop 47 (2014), arguing it would be improper because her office prepares the ballot booklets. [49] John Van de Kamp, a predecessor as attorney general, publicly disagreed with the rationale. [49]
Proposition 36 on California's November ballot asks voters to change parts of Proposition 47, an initiative passed in 2014 that turned some felonies to misdemeanors. What exactly is Prop. 47?
California Proposition 47 may refer to either of the following ballot initiatives in California: California Proposition 47 (2002) measure providing for the sale of $13 billion in bonds for education. California Proposition 47 (2014) measure reducing the criminal penalties on many nonviolent drug and property crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.
Proposition 36, which voters will decide in November, would roll back many of Prop. 47’s reforms. Prop. 47 led to an increase in property crime in California, report says. How bad was it?
The group backing the initiative was facing a June 27 deadline to get on the general election ballot.