A California sheriff is helping lead the push to amend a controversial ballot measure that many blame for surging crime and homelessness in the Golden State.
Riverside County, California, Sheriff Chad Bianco is helping lead an effort to reverse a 2012 ballot measure he says is directly contributing to the homelessness and crime crisis in the Golden State and is calling on Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to get on board.
Quite frankly, we were lied to and misled by our state, in that the name and the description on the ballot was not something that we were getting,' Bianco explained. 'We voted for a proposition that was named the Safe Schools and the Safe Streets Initiative and it contained absolutely nothing to do with safe streets or safe schools, and it was everything that is bad about public safety right now, directly contributing to the increase in homelessness, mental health and drug addiction.
It's just plain and simple. But the reality is, without consequences, there is no reason for anyone to change behavior, and we need to get past this feel good way of what our legislators are doing now in this, this notion that it's somebody else's fault and you're not responsible for your own actions. We need to move past that, and we need to get back to a time of common sense that would tell us if we can put you in rehab and help you, then great. We've helped you.
So it’s not that,' the governor said, referring to a presentation slide showing that the $950 retail theft threshold is the 10th lowest in the nation.
Bianco says he is optimistic the measure will be on the ballot, but if it isn’t, the sheriff told Fox News Digital the crime situation will only get worse in the Golden State. 'We will be doing nothing but going downhill further,' Bianco said. 'Crime will just remain rampant. Drugs will remain rampant. The disaster that we have with fentanyl and fentanyl dealers will continue to grow.
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