California's Prop 36: California voters make some shoplifting crimes felonies again
Prop. 36 is an attempt to unwind Prop. 47, a prop passed 10 years ago in an effort to reduce California's prison overcrowding by making some theft and drug crimes into misdemeanors. Prosecutors, police and big box retailers have blamed the law for an increase in property crimes and homelessness.
Prop 36 passed by California voters, local reaction
Proposition 36 has been approved by state voters with overwhelming support. The law will enact harsher penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes, reversing that of Prop 47, which passed in 2014. That law changed the way thefts and other petty crimes were prosecuted,
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