For once, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s craven self-interest has worked to the benefit of the people of California. As he races to Washington, D.C. to show his support for the failing President Joe Biden (and no doubt measure the drapes), Newsom decided to drop his efforts to destroy the citizen-led ballot initiative to Revise Prop. 47.
Gov. Gavin Newsom scrapped his last-minute push with legislative leaders to put a second crime-fighting measure before voters this fall, making a dramatic about-face hours before he heads to Washington to defend President Joe Biden.
Their measure would have toughened penalties for repeat shoplifters and drug dealers who lace substances with fentanyl. It was an effort to compete with another tough-on-crime measure, backed by prosecutors and big-box retailers, that will appear on November’s ballot.
Newsom’s Skinny Initiative did little. It was a…
