Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has remained silent on whether she will vote for a ballot measure focused on cracking down on drug and property crimes in California, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Harris' campaign declined to comment on how she would vote on House Bill 36, a tough drug and property crime bill that would scale back House Bill 47 and aim to eradicate crime. According to The state's Proposition 47 was introduced in 2014 and would have reclassified some felonies into misdemeanors, according to the LA Times. Harris did not take a position on Proposition 47 while she was California's attorney general, but she did support another ballot initiative about keeping money out of politics. Proposition 59, According to the LA Times.
A majority of Californians support tougher penalties for repeat offenders of property and drug-related crimes, with roughly 56% of Californians in favor of Proposition 36. vote The study was co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times and released in August by the University of California, Berkeley's Institute of Government. (Related article: Homeless man allegedly attacks California mayor in broad daylight)
As California continues to grapple with a variety of issues, including rising crime and homelessness rates, experts have criticized the state's nonviolent crime data as misleading.
California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, wrote Oakland city officials in July urging them to change policies to allow police to go after criminals more often, citing the city's high crime rate, which has risen sharply in the past year and has prompted many Oakland residents to join gun clubs as a form of self-defense.
In California, retailers are calling for tougher penalties for property crimes, citing a rise in robberies at commercial establishments, and in San Francisco, traffic violations are so rampant that the city has virtually stopped enforcing traffic laws, according to city department data. data The San Francisco Chronicle analyzed the story in April.
Newsom has so far avoided saying whether he would take a stance against Proposition 36 during the campaign. According to Governor Newsom had previously criticized the voting measure, saying it could “harm” Latino and Black communities, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Sacramento County Sheriff's Department officers hold up police tape to allow vehicles to access a crime scene outside a church on February 28, 2022 in Sacramento, California, where a man shot and killed four people, including three of his children, before turning the gun on himself. (Photo by ANDRI TAMBUNAN/AFP via Getty Images)
“I want to end the criminalization of poverty,” Harris said during the 2020 presidential campaign. Note Resurfaced by Washington Free Beacon According to the memo, Harris vowed to end bail and court-ordered fines that “criminalize the poor.”
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