California see-saws back to tough on crime with passage of Proposition 36
Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But ...
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Proposition 36 Promises Tougher Crime Stance, But Can LA's Overcrowded Jails Keep Up?
County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity.
Westside Current on MSN17h
With Proposition 36 Passed, Can Los Angeles' Overcrowded Jails Handle New Crime Mandates?
County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity. LOS ANGELES - In a decisive move to enhance public safety, Los Angeles ...
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Californian voters crack down on crime, pass Proposition 36
California Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed Proposition 36. He claims it will bring California back to the 1980s when mass ...
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Harris declines to say how she voted on California's Proposition 36
Vice President Kamala Harris won't say how she voted on a ballot measure in her home state of California that would reverse ...
Los Angeles Times22d
Editorial: Three strikes is back on the ballot — in Proposition 36 and D.A. race
The race for Los Angeles County district attorney will likely determine whether a challenge to the law will be heard by the state Supreme Court, or dropped. And Proposition 36, if it passes ...
LA Times on MSN8d
Voters approve school repair measure and Proposition 36, reversing course on criminal justice reform
Here's how California voted on statewide measures in the 2024 election, including Proposition 36 on retail theft and fentanyl ...
CBS News20d
Fact check: Proposition 36 supporters say it will combat California's retail theft. Here's what to know.
Last week, CBS News California took a closer look at the drug component of Proposition 36 — also ... San Mateo County and Los Angeles County during those five years accounted for more than ...
Los Angeles Daily News29d
Proposition 36: A failed prescription for more prison and less treatment
Yet, in 2024, Proposition 36’s supporters are still pushing the ... to cut services to increase spending on incarceration. In Los Angeles, for example, $59 million from Prop 47 savings has ...
Los Angeles Times25d
Letters to the Editor: Proposition 36 swings the criminal justice pendulum back to public safety
To the editor: A letter writer complained that Proposition 36 would “drag California ... in the numbers of homicides in the city of Los Angeles falling from more than 1,000 in 1992 to a little ...
Polls show California Proposition 36 passing by a landslide. Do they tell the whole story?
Less than two weeks out from the election, polls don’t matter. What matters is who is going to vote. We are leaving nothing ...