Effort to Repeal California’s Prop. 47 Fails in Committee Partisan Vote

Orange Police moniter a crime scene in Orange, Calif., on April 1, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

SACRAMENTO—As smash and grabs are reportedly up across California, the effort by some lawmakers to “make crime illegal again” by repealing the controversial Proposition 47 failed on March 8.

The party-line vote by the California Public Safety Committee made up of seven assembly members—with five Democrats and two Republicans—ruled against Assembly Bill 1599 proposed by Assemblymen Kevin Kiley (R-Rocklin), James Gallagher (R-Yuba City), and Jim Patterson (R-Fresno).