My beautiful home state of California has become synonymous with dysfunction, homelessness, drug use, and criminality.
But during Tuesday’s election, Golden State voters said they’ve had enough of rampant crime.
By an overwhelming margin, voters passed Proposition 36, a measure that will ncrease penalties for property crime, illicit drug use, and retail theft. By the latest count, over 70% voted “yes” on Prop 36.
The measure essentially repudiates Proposition 47, a soft-on-crime law approved in 2014 that drastically reduced penalties for a whole host of crimes.
That wasn’t the end of California’s turn against the most noxious elements of the Left’s criminal justice reforms.
Voters cast aside rogue prosecutor George Gascon, the radical Los Angeles County district attorney whose pro-criminal policies had already led to two recall attempts.
