{"id":2253343,"date":"2024-05-26T10:49:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T14:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-voters-could-have-opportunity-to-rebuke-criminal-justice-reform-at-the-ballot-box\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T10:53:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T14:53:38","slug":"california-voters-could-have-opportunity-to-rebuke-criminal-justice-reform-at-the-ballot-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-voters-could-have-opportunity-to-rebuke-criminal-justice-reform-at-the-ballot-box\/","title":{"rendered":"California voters might get a chance to criticize criminal justice reform in a vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcalifornia-voters-could-have-opportunity-to-rebuke-criminal-justice-reform-at-the-ballot-box%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253343&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Voters in\u200d California \u200dmay soon assess a measure designed to overturn progressive \u2062criminal justice reforms. This\u200b initiative\u200c focuses on Proposition 47, a 2014 \u2063law that turned several nonviolent crimes\u200c such as shoplifting, fraud, and drug use into misdemeanors rather than \u2062felonies. The proposed measure, attracting enough potential support for a November \u200cballot, aims \u2063to intensify charges for repetitious drug and theft offenders, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-drug-dealers-could-start-getting-charged-with-murder\/\" title=\"Drug dealers in San Francisco may face murder charges\">prosecute fentanyl dealers<\/a> more \u2063rigorously. While\u2063 proponents want to avoid excessive incarceration, they argue this initiative targets continual offenders. The endorsement from San Jos\u00e9 Mayor Matt Mahan, a Democrat, spotlighted rising overdose fatalities and increased homelessness, along\u2062 with \u2064the helpless\u2062 plight of small businesses against crime.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>California<\/a> could decide on a measure that could roll back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/progressives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>progressive<\/a> reforms to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/criminal-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criminal justice<\/a> system. <\/p>\n<p>A statewide initiative to roll back Proposition 47, a 2014 measure that recategorized some nonviolent offenses like shoplifting, fraud, and personal use of drugs as misdemeanors instead of felonies, has likely garnered enough signatures to be on the ballot this November. The new measure would allow repeat drug and theft offenders to be charged with felonies and make it easier to charge fentanyl dealers with homicide. <\/p>\n<p>Proponents say they do not want to go back to a time of mass incarceration in California, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/26\/criminal-justice-backlash-heads-to-the-california-ballot-00159988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>believe the initiative<\/a> would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-finally-launches-plans-to-combat-retail-theft-after-years-of-ignoring-problem\/\" title=\"California takes action against retail theft after long period of neglect\">target repeat offenders<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen more overdose deaths and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-ben-shapiro-debated-ana-kasparian-here-are-the-highlights\/\" title=\"WATCH: Ben Shapiro Debated Ana Kasparian. Here Are The Highlights\">growing homelessness crisis<\/a>,\u201d Matt Mahan, Democratic Mayor of San Jose, who endorsed the measure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/26\/criminal-justice-backlash-heads-to-the-california-ballot-00159988\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told Politico\">told <em>Politico<\/em><\/a>, citing \u201cthe number of small business owners who have expressed deep dismay because they\u2019ve been victims of crime and have felt powerless to address it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those who oppose rolling back the initiative and would rather keep in place how things are point to historically low levels of crime, and worry that some may be equating a rise in homelessness to a rise in crime. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think what voters are looking for is solutions, and I think right now there\u2019s a lot of gaslighting about what those solutions could be,\u201d said Tinisch Hollins, a leader of Californians for Safety and Justice, a nonprofit that has pushed for more relaxed laws told the outlet. \u201cA lot of the folks opposed to Proposition 47 and reform overall are counting on the fatigue of folks wanting immediate relief and rethinking their choices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gov.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gavin-newsom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title> Gavin Newsom<\/a> (C-CA) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/01\/09\/newsoms-property-crime-package-sidesteps-prop-47-00134448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>repeatedly stopped short<\/a> of supporting the measure to real in Proposition 47, instead offering other legislation that would curb theft and other crime. Newsom and California lawmakers are working on their own bill package that would crack down on repeat drug and theft offenders.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the past few years when we tried to do things (in Sacramento), I hit a brick wall. The dialogue is completely different,\u201d California Retailers President Rachel Michelin told the outlet. \u201cWe went from no one wanting to do a retail theft bill \u2014 now it\u2019s like everything\u2019s a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/retail\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>retail<\/a> theft bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michelin said he and prosecutors working on the ballot measure would remain firm that they will bring the measure to voters unless California legislators bring forth comprehensive changes.   <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California voters may soon vote on a proposal to reverse progressive changes to their criminal justice system. This aims to counteract Proposition 47 from 2014, which reclassified certain non-violent offenses, such as shoplifting, fraud, and drug use, from felonies to misdemeanors. The initiative seems to have amassed sufficient signatures for consideration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2253344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/new-newsom.jpg.optimal.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/new-newsom.jpg.optimal.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}