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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.
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?
Researchers from the Public Policy Institute of California have found Prop. 47 not only lowered the state’s prison and jail populations but lead to many millions of dollars in savings going to ...
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.
California's Proposition 47 passed by a 60–40 margin in 2014. The proposal would "require misdemeanors instead of felonies for nonserious, nonviolent crimes like petty theft and drug possession ...
In California, a ballot proposition is a referendum or an initiative measure that is submitted to the electorate for a direct decision or direct vote (or plebiscite). If passed, it can alter one or more of the articles of the Constitution of California , one or more of the 29 California Codes , or another law in the California Statutes by ...
Now, 10 years later, as California is reconsidering the failed Proposition 47 on this November’s ballot, Harris has the belated chance to make amends by recommending a “yes” vote on Prop 36 ...
Division of California into Three States. Initiative Statute. Also known as the Cal 3 measure, would have divided California into three U.S. states, subject to approval by the U.S. Congress. [46] Removed from the ballot by order of the California Supreme Court on July 18, 2018, for further legal review. [47] 10: Failed