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6 MYTHS ABOUT CALIFORNIA CRIME AS VOTERS NOW FAVOR THIS MEASURE ON DRUGS, RETAIL THEFT

 
Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters: A security guard stands by the front entrance of a luxury retail storefront. 
 
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September 22, 2024 (Sacramento) -- Californians have gone back and forth on crime and punishment for years. 
 
 
Twenty years later, in 2014, nearly 60% of voters approved Proposition 47, which sought to reduce the state’s prison and jail populations by changing some felony crimes into misdemeanors and directing more state money to drug and mental health rehabilitation. 
 
Now, another 10 years on, Californians are apparently ready to reverse course again by undoing some of the changes made by Prop. 47. A new poll shows they support by a wide margin the November ballot measure Proposition 36, which would toughen sentences for certain property and drug crimes.  

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ViOLENT CRIMES UP, PROPERTY CRIMES DOWN COUNTYWIDE

SANDAG report shows variations among communities for first half of 2019

East County News Service

September 14, 2019 (San Diego) -- Violent crime rates in San Diego County are up slightly compared to the same time in 2018, but property crimes dipped during the same period, according to a new report released by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) Criminal Justice Research Division. Read the full report. 


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