With communities across the state affected by criminal activity, a newly introduced ballot initiative aims to amend a measure passed by California voters in 2014 that some say is contributing to a decreased sense of public safety.
The bipartisan initiative, known as the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, Retail Theft Reduction Act, would alter Proposition 47—which was meant to reduce prison populations by changing some theft and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors.
