Groups that have fought to downgrade drug and property sentences are defending those changes.
Products are displayed in locked security cabinets at a San Francisco Walgreens on Oct. 13, 2021. The ballot measure’s backers believe enduring public frustration with retail crime and public drug use have shifted the landscape significantly. | Justin Sullivan/Getty ImagesCriminal justice reform advocates are mobilizing to thwart a ballot initiative that would reverse California’s recent turn away from tougher criminal penalties.
A six-figure digital advertising campaign, funded by some of the same groups and people that have championed lighter criminal penalties, urges Californians to reject the tough-on-crime ballot measure and instead push for changes in the Legislature. It notes that the campaign has been funded by major corporations like Target, Home Depot, and Walmart, and backed by Republicans like Rep.“It’s a dangerous scam that will not work,” the group said in a statement.
The escalating battle marks another chapter in California’s long struggle over criminal justice. After setting the tone for a national era of mass incarceration, the increasingly liberal state has shifted markedly in the other direction over the last decade.
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