California Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom was condemned by a California Republican Congressman for his seemingly duplicitous efforts to forestall the passage of a drug policy proposition supported by mayors across the state, including San Francisco and San Jose in the north to San Diego and Santa Monica in the south.
Proposition 36, titled the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act,” is backed by district attorneys across California and intends to amend Proposition 47, passed in 2014, by increasing penalties for some drug and theft crimes. “Among other provisions, Proposition 36 would allow prosecutors to charge certain cases of drug possession as ‘treatment-mandated felonies,’ rather than misdemeanors, according to a Legislative Analyst’s Office report,” the Sacramento Bee reported, adding, “The 2014 voter-approved initiative made some lower-level…
