Democrats don’t want to amend Proposition 47

[Mick1]

That was the proposition, approved by voters, that reduced many felonies to misdemeanors, created a $950 cutoff for felonies, reduced to misdemeanors many drug possession offenses and basically enhanced a crime wave in California.

The Republicans want to amend the law through another vote, Democrats (for some unknown reason) want to leave the proposition as is and don’t want to allow voters to decide. In short, the Republicans want to increase sentences for crimes, reclassify fentanyl possession as a felony, etc. About what you’d expect.

Newsom, Dem leaders try to negotiate Prop 47 reform off California ballots, as GOP wants to let voters decide

And Gov. Newsom wants to defund the police:

Newsom proposes defunding law enforcement, prisons, public safety as California faces massive deficit | Fox News

 

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[Hurlburt88]

This just strikes me as totally out-of-touch with voter sentiment, in addition to be unwise for society.  I am not in California . . . am I missing something?

[Mick1]

Newsom needs to cut budgets across the board, keeping in mind that millions of undocumented immigrants continue to stream into California, most of whom either do not pay or underpay both Federal and CA taxes and/or will require state funding. So…yeah. Something’s got to suffer. And it won’t be immigrants or funding for state employee retirement.

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