Election 2024: California Proposition 36 Would Increase Penalties for Theft and Drug Offenses

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🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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We take a deep dive into Proposition 36 on California’s November ballot. The measure would impose harsher penalties on some theft and drug possession offenses by rolling back Proposition 47, approved by voters in 2014. More than 70% of likely voters say they support Prop 36, according to a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California. We’ll look at why and hear from both sides of the campaign. Guests: Darrell Steinberg, mayor, Sacramento Jeff Reisig, district attorney of Yolo County Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:06.3	Coming up on forum, we take a closer look at Proposition 36, the ballot measure that would increase
1:12.1	penalties on theft and drug crimes, and mandate either drug treatment or jail time for repeat
1:18.2	drug offenses.
1:19.7	The measure rolls back parts of Prop 47, which voters approved a decade ago, and it's touted
1:24.9	by supporters as an effective response to fentanyl use and an increase
1:28.8	in retail theft after the height of the pandemic.
1:32.3	Opponents say it's the wrong solution.
1:34.9	We hear from both sides after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
1:52.1	Californians will soon be voting on whether to increase penalties for theft and drug crimes
1:57.0	and whether they want to create a new category of felony drug crime that would mandate
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