Criminal justice backlash heads to the California ballot yahoo.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from yahoo.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A George Soros-backed progressive group behind many of California's soft-on-crime reforms has launched a fundraising effort against a potential November voter referendum to restore tougher criminal penalties for theft and drug offenses even as Golden State voters increasingly disapprove of their state's lax approach to criminal justice.
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District Attorney Summer Stephan and 14 local mayors back initiative that would roll back the proposition with a three-strikes scheme for some drug, theft crimes