A campaign to roll back parts of Proposition 47, California's landmark 2014 criminal justice reform, is gaining momentum, with prosecutors and retailers leading the charge. The reform, which aimed to downgrade certain drug and property sentences, is now under scrutiny as efforts to make shoplifting arrests easier are introduced. Criminal justice reformers are defending the changes, launching a counteroffensive to protect Proposition 47 and provide some cover for Governor Gavin Newsom and lawmakers to bolster crime laws. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is backing a ballot initiative to reform Proposition 47, aiming to make repeated retail thefts and major drug crimes prosecutable as felonies. Meanwhile, Attorney General Rob Bonta and California lawmakers are introducing bills to address organized retail theft without amending Proposition 47. Governor Newsom, alongside California's legislative leaders, has expressed no desire to change Proposition 47, focusing instead on legislative fixes to tackle theft and drug crimes.
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco supports an initiative to increase penalties for repeat thefts, citing a rise in crime following the passage of Proposition 47, which reduced penalties for certain crimes. MORE: https://t.co/iowYoSDxAL https://t.co/JqfxHDtgNK
California's governor, Senate leader and now Assembly Speaker have all said they don't think Proposition 47 needs change. Instead, they're working on some legislative fixes which critics argue won't go far enough to tackle theft, drug crimes. https://t.co/dGKEQXROgw
California Assembly Bills Seek to Curb Retail Theft, Maintain Proposition 47 https://t.co/HPa1X11T2d
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco supports an initiative to increase penalties for repeat thefts, citing a rise in crime following the passage of Proposition 47, which reduced penalties for certain crimes. https://t.co/iowYoSDxAL
Attorney General @RobBonta and CA lawmakers are announcing a series of bills to crackdown on organized retail theft. None of the bills would reform Prop 47. Governor Newsom said back in January that he doesn’t believe Prop 47 needs to be amended in order to address the issue. https://t.co/1u24ZHaF32
.@RSO Sheriff Chad Bianco is backing a ballot initiative that would reform CA' s Prop. 47. "Everyone knows this is a mess!" The proposal would make it easier to prosecute repeated retail thefts as felonies & major drug crimes as felonies. Read it: https://t.co/54eQf9Q9a7 https://t.co/N3A1rHBBg5
A campaign by prosecutors and retailers to roll back parts of Proposition 47, California’s landmark 2014 criminal justice reform, could soon move forward. https://t.co/rh89OdAa6L
Criminal justice reformers who have fought to downgrade drug and property sentences in California are defending those changes. The reformers have launched a counteroffensive to protect Proposition 47 and provide some cover for Gavin Newsom and lawmakers to bolster crime laws… https://t.co/7nkWAZeFcI
Plus: Bill to make shoplifting arrests easier https://t.co/hRK6KlItmS
Effort To Roll Back Proposition 47 Could Head To Voters https://t.co/VTbHkIU0x3
Campaign to Roll Back Proposition 47 Criminal Justice Reforms Could Head to Voters https://t.co/sSWOD9SEe9