Proposition 47, a progressive proposal led by George Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, is a progressive proposal led by George Gascón, the Los Angeles district attorney backed by George Soros. Therefore, there is a possibility that the bill will be scrapped on the night of the vote.
Gascón's job, like that of other progressive district attorneys across the state who supported Prop. 47, could be in jeopardy from voter backlash.
Voter anger is 'a kind of message' [Vice President] Kamala Harris is the person who strongly supported Proposition 47 by giving her ballot a misleading title,” former Republican Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley told FOX News Digital.
“So this is her rejection, it's a rejection of Gascon, who was the official proponent of Proposition 47, it's a rejection of a Soros-type prosecutor,” Cooley said.
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Proposition 47, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, passed by Californians in 2014, would make theft under $950 punishable by up to six months in prison and would require “the defendant to have a prior conviction for murder, rape, or certain sexual acts.” Reclassification of felonies as misdemeanors unless you have ” crimes, or certain gun crimes. ”
Gascon, a co-author of the ballot measure, sought to rethink tough-on-crime policies and reduce mass incarceration.
But in recent years, retail chains and mom-and-pop stores have been hit hard by theft, purse-snatching, and organized retail crime syndicates. Proposition 36, entitled the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, aims to undo some of Prop. 47 by increasing penalties for some crimes, with increased penalties for each category. Possibly.
An overwhelming 71% of Californians support Proposition 36, according to a survey conducted last month by the Public Policy Institute of California, a nonpartisan think tank.
Harris, who was California's attorney general at the time Proposition 47 was passed, has not said whether she supports Proposition 36.
Cooley said of Harris, “When she endorsed the false and misleading title of the Safe Schools and Neighborhoods Act, she paid back for the Soros faction.” “That was an incredible lie to voters, so she paid her dues.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed also supported Proposition 36, calling it a “meaningful difference for cities across California.” But Gov. Gavin Newsom remains adamantly opposed to the effort, saying it would “lead to the mass incarceration of the 1980s.”
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan also joined the effort to partially repeal Proposition 47. The California District Attorneys Association, Los Angeles Police Protective League, and California Sheriffs Association all supported Proposition 36.
And some Republicans in the state Legislature are confident there is enough support for it to pass.
“No one in California is talking about the victims,” Republican state Sen. Brian Dahl told Fox News Digital. “Democrats never talk about them. They talk about people who they think have been unfairly put in prison, and that makes it a social justice issue, not just a simple crime.”
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Four years ago, Dahle campaigned heavily for another effort to repeal Proposition 47, Proposition 20, which the state's voters rejected.
But Proposition 36 may not lead to the same results.
“The big difference I think is that retailers are now in the game,” Dahle said. “They went out collecting signatures. They realized, 'We can't keep letting billions of dollars go out in theft.' And they were behind it. That's why you'll see a change.” Masu.”
In Los Angeles, where the pandemic and its aftermath have seen a rash of organized retail push-pulls and robberies, law enforcement officers often had their hands tied and what they described as a “revolving door” of arrests.
“We're just seeing a revolving door of police officers right now,” Debbie Thomas, director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, told Fox News Digital.
“They will respond to radio calls and can make up to three arrests and replace the same officer, thanks to a comprehensive policy that holds thieves under $950 accountable for their actions. '' Thomas said. A Los Angeles Police Department officer. “They're the ones praising George Gascón in prison.”
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Thomas said the shift in support for efforts to repeal Proposition 47 is indicative of other ideological shifts among some voters, such as the movement to “defund the police.” said.
“I think people are tired of the lack of support they've seen,” Thomas said. “Police don't work.”
“It's really nice to see people starting to wake up and realize that this is a 'yes' to Proposition 36 and a 'yes' to Nathan Hockman, who is currently running for Los Angeles County District Attorney. ” he added.
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If voters pass Proposition 36 in November, violators of the law would have to serve their sentences in state prison “regardless of their criminal history.”
Fox News Digital did not hear back from Gascón's office or the Harris campaign by publication deadline.
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