But the problems with this poorly crafted sentencing reform are even worse than some critics assert: In states across the nation, lessening the legal consequences for drug offenders have undermined incentives for these offenders to participate in drug-court enrollment - perhaps by as much as 50 percent in California. Police chiefs, district attorneys and many crime victims say it has led to a culture of impunity in which brazen thefts are committed over and over by people who realize they face little consequence. Proposition 47 more than doubled the monetary threshold for when people could be charged for felony theft, raising it to $950. It’s also evident in his refusal to be interviewed by news outlets from Politico to ABC 10 in Sacramento for stories about his campaign. His refusal to really address deep concerns about Proposition 47, adopted by state voters in 2014, and Proposition 57, enacted in 2016, is on display in a wafer-thin response in The San Diego Union-Tribune Editorial Board’s Q&A. These are the candidates we recommend on the June 7 primary ballot for national, state and local races.īut there are growing reasons to wonder whether he really wants to be the constructive, candid attorney general California needs. Editorials 2022 election endorsements from The San Diego Union-Tribune
