Bullet points of Californians' crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs

Bullet points of Californians' crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs
- Proposition 47 reduced many nonviolent felony crimes to misdemeanors in California
- Ten years later, voters are considering a new measure, Proposition 36, to partly roll back the law
- Proposition 36 would make some thefts and drug crimes felonies again
- The measure is backed by a bipartisan coalition, including Democratic elected officials and major retailers
- Opponents of the measure, including Governor Gavin Newsom, argue it would increase incarceration and reduce funding for drug and mental health treatment