Proponents of California’s Prop. 47 Reform Question Legislature’s Public Safety Bill Amendments

A group of lawmakers recently proposed to invalidate some public safety bills if voters approve the Prop. 47 reform ballot initiative in November.

Proponents of the Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act gather in front of the attorney general's office in Sacramento, Calif., on June 12, 2024. Travis Gillmore/The Epoch Times

One day after a proposal that would repeal parts of California’s Proposition 47 officially qualified for the November ballot, proponents gathered in front of the state’s attorney general’s office to request lawmakers not to discourage voters from supporting the measure amid heightened public safety concerns across the state.

The ballot measure, if approved, would reform Proposition 47, which was passed by voters in 2014 to lower prison populations by downgrading some felony theft and drug crimes to misdemeanors.