California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime. Here are the maps that show it
1 week, 2 days ago

California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime. Here are the maps that show it

LA Times  

California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime. 36 Santa Clarita San Dimas Glendale Hollywood Glendora Pasadena La Verne Santa Monica Inglewood Culver City La Mirada Long Beach Yes on Prop. 36 / Gascón for DA Lancaster Palmdale Santa Clarita Hollywood Westlake Burbank Pasadena Los Feliz Koreatown Echo Park Boyle Heights Palms Inglewood Long Beach Long Beach Yes on Prop. 36 / Gascón for DA Lancaster Palmdale Santa Clarita Hollywood Burbank Los Feliz Echo Park Palms Inglewood Long Beach Yes on Prop. Lead by more votes More votes per square feet Gascón Lead by more votes More votes per square feet Gascón Lead by more votes More votes per square feet Gascón Nov. 2020 general election March 2024 primary election Nov. 2024 general election Burbank Glendale Pasadena Los Feliz Hollywood West Hollywood Koreatown Hollywood Santa Monica Culver City Inglewood Santa Monica Long Beach Long Beach Nov. 2020 general election Glendale Pasadena Hollywood Santa Monica Long Beach March 2024 primary election Burbank Hollywood Los Feliz Santa Monica Long Beach Nov. 2024 general election West Hollywood Koreatown Culver City Inglewood Gascón did not win any new neighborhoods in the general election.

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California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message?
1 month ago

California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message?

LA Times  

Demonstrators in Oakland protest the murder of George Floyd at the hands of police in 2020. “I think what will end up happening is that the idea that you don’t have to choose between prioritizing safety and instituting real and effective criminal justice reform will be proven over the next four years.” Politics Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among …

Column: Gascón, ousted as L.A. County top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Column: Gascón, ousted as L.A. County top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy

LA Times  

Los Angeles County Dist. “I had people calling me two months after Gascón won asking, ‘Why is crime going up?’ He hadn’t even gotten into office yet,” civil rights attorney Connie Rice told me Thursday. “He didn’t come in and say, ‘Anyone who needs to be charged for a violent third strike will be charged, but what I am going …

Editorial: California doesn’t have to choose between public safety and criminal justice reform
2 months ago

Editorial: California doesn’t have to choose between public safety and criminal justice reform

LA Times  

California voters decided this week to roll back criminal justice reforms and appeared to be ousting progressive prosecutors in Los Angeles and Alameda counties, effectively reversing decisions they made as recently as 2020 and 2022. While the approval of Proposition 36 and the loss of two reform-minded district attorneys are setbacks, a broader outlook suggests public opinion still favors a …

Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among California voters
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2 months ago

Tide shifts against criminal justice reform among California voters

LA Times  

The 2024 election results in California include the passage of a tough-on-crime ballot measure, along with confirmed or likely defeats for two progressive district attorneys and an initiative to give prisoners more labor rights. Dan Schnur, a former advisor to Republican politicians in California who teaches political communications at USC, said that since the last election, “the culture in both …

California voters approve tougher retail-theft penalties
2 months ago

California voters approve tougher retail-theft penalties

China Daily  

A homeless person is seen on the sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles, California, the United States, Dec 14, 2022. California voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, which would increase penalties for theft and drug offenses. A recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found 71 percent of likely voters said they would vote yes on Prop 36, …

California voters approve anti-crime ballot measure Prop. 36
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2 months ago

California voters approve anti-crime ballot measure Prop. 36

LA Times  

California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot measure that will impose stricter penalties for repeat theft and crimes involving fentanyl, steering away from recent progressive policies that critics blamed for increased lawlessness. Politics Election results for California’s statewide propositions Latest vote counts for Prop 32 raising minimum wage, Prop 36 addressing crime, Prop 33 expanding rent controls and more …

The ballot measures that explain American politics
2 months, 1 week ago

The ballot measures that explain American politics

Politico  

The ballot measures that explain American politics People drop off their ballots at the Los Angeles County Registrar on October 28 in Norwalk, California. Question 5, Massachusetts: A ‘yes’ on Question 5 would increase the minimum wage for tipped workers in Massachusetts to the state minimum wage — currently $15/hour — by 2029. — Tesla backs California electric-car rules opposed …

Democrats in tight California House races back anti-crime measure opposed by Newsom
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Democrats in tight California House races back anti-crime measure opposed by Newsom

LA Times  

Democrats running in California’s six fiercely competitive congressional districts, seats that may determine the balance of power in Washington, are aligning themselves with their Republican rivals in support of a tough-on-crime ballot measure that voters will decide in the November election. 36, that will hurt you in November.” Sichel suggested that most of these swing races are outside big cities …

Kamala Harris still won’t weigh in on California’s tough-on-crime ballot measure
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Kamala Harris still won’t weigh in on California’s tough-on-crime ballot measure

LA Times  

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the media before boarding Air Force Two on departure from Detroit on Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris, who is registered to vote in California, said Wednesday that she still needs to take a look at Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure on California’s Nov. 5 ballot that would reverse some progressive criminal justice reforms voters …

‘Not even close’: Hochman’s lead over Gascón grows to 30% in new D.A.’s race poll
3 months ago

‘Not even close’: Hochman’s lead over Gascón grows to 30% in new D.A.’s race poll

LA Times  

With less than a month remaining before the Nov. 5 election, challenger Nathan Hochman is 30 percentage points ahead of incumbent Los Angeles County Dist. Of those who support Hochman, past president of the L.A. City Ethics Commission and assistant U.S. attorney general, 66% said an “extremely important” factor was the need to “reduce turmoil and bring needed change to …

Californians' crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs
3 months ago

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

The Independent  

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Californians’ crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs
3 months ago

Californians’ crime concerns put pressure on criminal justice reform and progressive DAs

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. LOS ANGELES — Ten years ago, Alley Bean joined 3.7 million Californians in voting for a measure that downgraded many nonviolent felony crimes to misdemeanors, such as petty shoplifting and drug use, hoping it would lead to a more equitable criminal justice system and help end mass incarceration. “I thought …

Californians broadly support Prop. 36 to get tough on crime, new poll finds
3 months ago

Californians broadly support Prop. 36 to get tough on crime, new poll finds

LA Times  

A ballot is dropped off on Election Day at the Registrar of Voters office in Norwalk in March. A solid majority of likely California voters support Proposition 36, the November ballot measure that would impose stricter penalties for retail theft and crimes involving fentanyl, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co- Imposing harsher punishment on …

Endorsement: No on Proposition 36. California shouldn’t revive the disastrous war on drugs
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Endorsement: No on Proposition 36. California shouldn’t revive the disastrous war on drugs

LA Times  

Members of an alleged multigenerational, family-run retail theft crew arrested June 20, 2024, are among hundreds of people held in California burglaries and robberies in recent months under existing state laws. Backers of Proposition 36 would have you believe that California’s criminal laws attract thieves and that public safety is not possible without long prison sentences for people holding illegal …

Column: California voters are fed up with crime and, apparently, the response by Democrats
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: California voters are fed up with crime and, apparently, the response by Democrats

LA Times  

Amy Jordan sweeps broken glass outside her boutique, Slone Vintage, after it was hit by smash-and-grab burglars in Burbank in 2021. IGS pollster Mark DiCamillo cited the “great visibility” of retail theft — caught on camera or witnessed personally by voters — as a reason for heavy support of Proposition 36. “And they’re linking it to the approval of Proposition …

New poll shows most California voters want to see tougher punishment for theft, fentanyl crimes
4 months, 3 weeks ago

New poll shows most California voters want to see tougher punishment for theft, fentanyl crimes

LA Times  

Razor blades were locked up inside a glass showcase at a CVS store in Woodland Hills in 2022 as retail chains increased security measures to combat retail theft. A majority of likely California voters support stiffer penalties for crimes involving theft and fentanyl, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co- The results of the poll …

What exactly is Prop. 47? And how could California voters change it this year?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

What exactly is Prop. 47? And how could California voters change it this year?

LA Times  

An inmate leans out the bars of his cell at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles. Proposition 47 reclassified some felony crimes and made it so individuals who commit certain nonviolent drug and property crimes, including shoplifting where merchandise under $950 was stolen and simple drug possession, would be sentenced on misdemeanor charges instead of felony charges. But …

Tough-on-crime measure officially qualifies for November ballot as rifts in Legislature mount
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Tough-on-crime measure officially qualifies for November ballot as rifts in Legislature mount

LA Times  

Amy Jordan sweeps broken glass from her vintage boutique, which was hit by smash-and-grab burglars in Burbank in 2021. A ballot measure to impose harsher criminal penalties for drug possession and theft, altering the controversial Proposition 47 passed in 2014, has qualified for the November ballot. The measure, however, may be undercut by the Legislature’s Democratic leadership, which is pushing …

Newsom suggests ways to crack down on property crime without dismantling Proposition 47
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Newsom suggests ways to crack down on property crime without dismantling Proposition 47

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom displays a chart aimed at refuting critics of California’s laws dealing with property crime during a Sacramento news conference at which he unveiled his proposed 2024-25 state budget on Wednesday. Instead, he wants to tackle retail theft with legislation to crack down on what he called “professional thieves.” “We can do it without reforming and going back to …

Editorial: Blame it on Prop 47: The latest chapter in an endless work of fiction about crime
2 years, 10 months ago

Editorial: Blame it on Prop 47: The latest chapter in an endless work of fiction about crime

LA Times  

Assemblymember Kevin Kiley, pictured during his campaign to unseat Gov. Proposition 47 is the smart ballot measure adopted by Californians by a wide margin in 2014 to adjust how we deal with lower-level crimes such as drug possession and petty theft. Enough voters were misled into signing petitions to get it on the 2020 ballot, but by election day most …

Poll: California voters want to reinstate tougher penalties for some crimes, change Prop. 47
2 years, 10 months ago

Poll: California voters want to reinstate tougher penalties for some crimes, change Prop. 47

LA Times  

Amid a recent uptick in some criminal activity, the majority of California voters in a new statewide poll reported concern over state crime rates and said they would support reinstating penalties for certain thefts that a 2014 ballot measure reduced. Mark DiCamillo, director of the poll, said crime is one of the issues of which California voters are “most critical.” …

Column: After smash-and-grab thefts across California, is it time to reconsider Proposition 47?
3 years ago

Column: After smash-and-grab thefts across California, is it time to reconsider Proposition 47?

LA Times  

A security guard patrols the front entrance of Nordstrom as shoppers enter on Tuesday after an organized group of thieves attempted a smash-and-grab robbery at the Grove on Nov. 23 in Los Angeles. “Criminals have been laughing at us.. There’s a clear belief — and very large reality — that there’s no consequences any more to theft.. You tell everybody …

Proposition 47 did not end prosecution of thefts under $950 in California
3 years, 5 months ago

Proposition 47 did not end prosecution of thefts under $950 in California

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Under Proposition 47 in California thefts under $950 will not be prosecuted. “What Prop 47 did was take very low level crimes like petty theft, some petty drug offenses, petty larceny, and classify them as misdemeanors rather than felonies,” said Charis Kubrin, professor of criminology, law and society at the University of California, Irvine, who wrote a study examining …

A look at California’s November ballot propositions
55 years ago

A look at California’s November ballot propositions

LA Times  

× If Proposition 20 passes, it would restrict the option of early parole for more crimes and increase penalties for certain theft-related crimes. In 2016, Proposition 57 offered a chance at parole to some serving prison sentences for crimes that aren’t on the state’s list of violent crimes. It would allow some theft-related crimes to be charged as felonies and …

Editorial: Justice reforms are at risk at the ballot box. Protest now, vote in November
4 years, 7 months ago

Editorial: Justice reforms are at risk at the ballot box. Protest now, vote in November

LA Times  

Some protesters who have taken to the streets to express their outrage at the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and other killings and abuse of African Americans have argued that little has changed in the last 10 years for people caught up in the criminal justice system. Nightmarish and inhumane prison crowding has been reduced, once-unaccountable law enforcement …

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