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"Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm > First, it reclassified cer
by cronix 5y ago
"Proposition 47: The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm https://www.courts.ca.gov/prop47.htm
> First, it reclassified certain theft and drug possession offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. Second, it authorizes defendants currently serving sentences for felony offenses that would have qualified as misdemeanors under the proposition to petition courts for resentencing under the new misdemeanor provisions. Third, it authorizes defendants who have completed their sentences for felony convictions that would have qualified as misdemeanors under the proposition to apply to reclassify those convictions to misdemeanors.
What does any of that have to do with keeping schools or neighborhoods safe? It seems what it does is keep criminals safe. Keyword searching that bill for "school" or "neighborhood" yields 0 results, except the title of the bill.
- tzs 5y ago> What does any of that have to do with keeping schools or neighborhoods safe? The FAQ linked to on the page you linked to states: > The stated purpose of the proposition is to “ensure that prison spending is focused on violent and serious offenses, to maximize alternatives for non-serious, nonviolent crime, and to invest the savings generated from [the proposition] into prevention and support programs in K-12 schools, victim services, and mental health and drug treatment” and to ensure “that sentences for people convicted of dangerous crimes like rape, murder, and child molestation are not changed.” The proposition states that it “shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes.” I have no idea if it has done any of those things. I'd expect it would be pretty hard to determine if it has actually led to any savings, let alone do so with enough specificity to invest them in school programs etc.
- bifrost 5y agoCorrect, it has since made schools and neighborhoods less safe. Making the lives of criminals easier isn't the answer to solving society's problems with crime.