The plan is an effort to compete with a tough-on-crime initiative backed by law enforcement and retailers.
Tubby, the dog of former state Sen. Gloria Romero, D-Los Angeles, sits during a news conference organized by the Californians for Safer Communities Coalition, April 18, 2024, in Culver City, Calif. Top California Democrats announced Sunday, June 30, they will ask voters to approve a plan cracking down on retail theft. The retailers’ proposal would make stealing a felony for repeat offenders and increase punishment for fentanyl dealing.
The plan, led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, is an effort to compete with another crime-focused measure backed by a coalition of business groups that lawmakers said would result in more people being put behind bars. Newsom and lawmakers negotiated the plan behind closed doors over the weekend after failing to convince the coalition to withdraw its effort from the ballot.
Lawmakers will vote to advance the plan and deliver it to Newsom for his signature before the deadline on Wednesday. The retailers' proposal would roll back parts of Proposition 47, the progressive ballot measure approved by 60% of state voters in 2014 that reduced certain theft and drug possession offensesto help address overcrowding in jails. In recent years, Proposition 47 has become the focus of critics who say California is too lax on crime.
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