San Francisco's District 5 supervisor candidates weigh in on Prop. 36, which would heighten charges and increase sentences for some crimes.
Here’s the latest in our “Meet the Candidates” series for District 5, in which we ask each candidate to answer one question per week leading up to the election. Four candidates are challenging incumbent Supervisor Dean Preston to represent District 5, which spans from the east end of Golden Gate Park through Haight-Ashbury, Japantown and the Western Addition, the Lower Haight and Hayes Valley, and most of the Tenderloin.
Proposition 47, passed in 2014, made it so some non-violent theft and drug crimes could only be charged as misdemeanors in California. The law has been blamed for homelessness and brazen shoplifting — stealing items worth $950 or less became a misdemeanor under Prop. 47, as did low-level drug possession.
. I’ll prioritize hiring more police, 911 dispatchers, and advocating for beat patrols in every neighborhood to deter crime.that we can use to invest in real public safety solutions and to increase mental health/addiction treatment.against the behavior at issue — suggesting otherwise is a red herring. We must invest in the resources our communities need to reduce crime, rather than peddling: Rep. Nancy Pelosi, Sen.
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