The report found that Prop. 47 led to a 30% drop in jail and prison populations with a “modest and limited” impact on crime, ...

Worries about retail theft and fentanyl deaths shaped a November ballot measure that would toughen some criminal penalties.

Proposition 36 must be rejected this November because eliminating the savings from Prop. 47 would be a lose-lose outcome for ...

Proposition 36 on the November ballot is a state initiative that would increase penalties for drug crimes and theft.

The measure would alter critical parts of Proposition 47, a ballot measure that voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014. A new ...

That’s the finding of a newly released Public Policy Institute of California report that ... also dropped for property crimes after Prop. 47 became law, dropping from 14% to 11% two years ...

Ten years ago, California ... laws such as Three Strikes and You’re Out made California less safe, in 2014 a majority of the electorate opted for a new approach. In passing Proposition 47 ...

It would essentially roll back Proposition 47 passed by ... “But law-abiding people are not doing this stuff.” Prop 36 is the most controversial on California’s November ballot.

Proposition 47 achieved its goal ... crimes with impunity. And in California, for a host of reasons, misdemeanors go underreported, cases aren’t closed out by law enforcement, and mostly when ...