Some Democrats are showing their support for Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot measure that would give repeat drug offenders the chance to enter treatment instead of serving jail time.
San José Mayor Matt Mahan and other local Democratic leaders on Wednesday announced their support for Proposition 36, a crime reform measure on the November ballot that they hope will force eligible Californians who routinely commit drug crimes into substance abuse treatment. 'People are dying who don't have to die, and businesses are closing that don't have to close. There is an answer.
But Mahan, who just won reelection, said Proposition 36 will help bring necessary treatment to those addicted to the fatal drug fentanyl, by imposing a court-mandated drug treatment for those who are convicted of a drug offense for the third time. The measure will also change parts of Proposition 47, a decade-old ballot measure that downgraded some nonviolent property and drug crimes from felonies to misdemeanors to reduce prison populations.
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