By Ashley Zavala | KCRA
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom is scrapping his plan to put another crime question on the California ballot.
The update, which KCRA 3 was the first to report on Tuesday night, came as state lawmakers on Wednesday night were scheduled to vote on whether to send the proposal to add new penalties for drug dealers and repeat thieves, crafted by Newsom and some Democratic state lawmakers, to the November ballot.
The governor said in a statement that changes he wanted to make to the measure would not allow for him and legislature to meet a key deadline for it to land on the ballot. Sources close the negotiations who spoke on the condition they remain anonymous rebuffed that comment Tuesday night, claiming the governor was not fully focused on getting the proposal on the ballot and failed to build a coalition of law enforcement groups to back the measure.
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