By Kate Wolffe | Sacramento Bee
California’s Republican lawmakers are calling on their Democratic colleagues to put money behind Proposition 36 — last year’s tough-on-crime ballot measure that passed overwhelmingly.
So far, Democratic lawmakers haven’t indicated whether they will. Prop. 36 increases penalties for some drug and theft-related offenses. Gov. Gavin Newsom was vocally against the measure, arguing it targeted low-level non-violent offenses and would be a “real setback” for the state’s progress on criminal justice reform and away from mass incarceration.
Newsom and other opponents pointed out there was no funding for the measure’s various provisions, including increased law enforcement, a higher court workload, and more people slated for drug and mental health treatment.
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