California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is holding Californians hostage by refusing to completely fund Proposition 36 – a measure that handed in a landslide in November 2024 that will increase penalties for theft.
Proposition 36 handed in California in a landslide 71% to 21%.
California voters overwhelmingly voted to extend penalties for theft and drug trafficking after a file variety of brick-and-mortar retailers closed down on account of smash-and-grab robberies.
Governor Gavin Newsom (D) opposed Prop 36 as a result of he mentioned it’s “too harsh.”
Per LA Public Press, Prop 47 “scaled again punishments for sure nonviolent offenses for medication and theft, which had been reclassified from felonies to misdemeanors.”
Beneath Prop. 36, penalties will probably be elevated, and sentences will probably be lengthened for drug possession and for the theft of things valued at lower than $950.
Prop. 36 rolls again a few of the soft-on-crime insurance policies that California voters handed in 2014 with Prop. 47.
Newsom has solely accepted $100 million for prop 36 – far under the $400 million wanted to completely pay for the brand new legislation.
Los Angeles District Lawyer Nathan Hochman blasted Newsom for not funding prop 36.
“We are going to name [Newsom],” Los Angeles District Lawyer Nathan Hochman mentioned. “We are going to ship him social media. We are going to DM him. I’ll say it proper to the digicam, Governor Newsom in case you’re watching, get us this funding. If you wish to save lives, get us this funding.”
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Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman argues that with out the wanted funding, the implementation of Prop. 36 is “slower” and jails will not be geared up to behave as remedy facilities.Regardless of the push for extra funding, Governor Newsom’s workplace stories that… pic.twitter.com/0XD1dn1tyd
— Nathan Hochman (@NathanHochmanDA) August 30, 2025
