The proposed 2024 "Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act" ballot measure would roll back but not fully repeal provisions of Proposition 47, the 2014 "The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act" that reduced drug and property crime penalties.
SAN JOSE, Calif. — An effort aimed at the November ballot to toughen drug and theft penalties loosened nearly a decade ago by California’s Proposition 47 got a boost Thursday