Democratic mayors show support for California's retail crime proposition Gov. Newsom opposes

More California mayors who are Democrats are stepping forward to support a statewide ballot initiative on retail crime that Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes.

SACRAMENTO – The mayor of San Jose and Elk Grove , along with the Sacramento County District Attorney, announced a new political action committee Wednesday aimed at getting the sweeping state retail and drug punishment initiative Prop 36 passed. 'We know that the public safety debate has at times become partisan. It should not be,' San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said.Mahan stood at the state capitol alongside Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen.

The Governor spoke earlier this summer about plans to campaign against the initiative. He tried to prevent it from reaching the ballot.'Well I think it's a bad initiative,' Newsom said. 'It's really a drug policy reform that brings us back decades, very concerned about that.

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