Posted on 11/06/2024 11:10:06 PM PST by thecodont
California voters approved a ballot measure that would reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, essentially undoing a previous ballot measure that big-box retailers and law enforcement officials have long blamed for increases in theft, property crime and homelessness.
Voters approved state Proposition 36 by a whopping margin of 40 percentage points, or 70.6% to 29.4%, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s general election. The ballot measure needed only a simple majority (50% plus one vote) to pass. The race was called by the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle shortly after 9 p.m. (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms.)
In 2014, voters passed Prop. 47, which aimed to curb overcrowding in California’s prisons by turning some drug and theft crimes into misdemeanors. Among other things, the measure famously said shoplifters who stole $950 or less in goods from stores could only be charged with a misdemeanor, whereas in the past, prosecutors could charge those offenders with a felony.
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Not to mention “Walgreen deserts”...
If no DAs will prosecute what’s the point?
Seeing as it’s California, it shouldn’t be too long before the judicial system in that state will rule Prop 36 as being unconstitutional.
Trade three Soros DAs for one Schiffhead ..
Meh- thugs wear their felonies as badges of honorz- but yeah, maybe now some looting will decrease
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