This year, Californians will decide the fate of Proposition 36, a state ballot measure that seeks to increase punishments for some theft and drug possession offenses.
What’s notable about Prop 36 is that it would undo some of the key provisions from Prop 47, which Californians voted to pass in 2014 to address prison overcrowding by reclassifying some theft and drug-related offenses as misdemeanors.
Prop 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, may be one of the most divisive state ballot measures in 2024…