Following the election, we discuss new California rules that increase punishments for theft and certain drug crimes. Plus, we'll unpack calls for San Diego police to reduce the dangers of high-speed chases after two recent pursuits turned deadly.
S1: Welcome to KPBS roundtable. I'm Scott Rod. Today on the show , what does criminal justice look like in San Diego following the election ? We discuss potential changes with the passage of proposition 36 , which increases punishment for certain drug and retail crimes.
S1: And. Right. And so the legislature passed that bill package , but clearly wasn't enough to convince voters they still got behind proposition 36. You reported on a meeting last week held by San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria and state Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas , where they discussed prop 36. And here's what Gloria said after the meeting.
S1: Right. And as I mentioned earlier , the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's Office estimates that , you know , prop 36 , if implemented , would cost tens of millions of dollars at the local level. And then up to , you know , in the low hundreds of millions of dollars at the state level , of course , that money has to come from somewhere. So you just illustrated a very complex sort of not right in terms of how prop 36 could be rolled out , some of the challenges there.
S1: I want to step back and look big picture. Right. Because as we mentioned , proposition 36 passed with a clear majority. What do you think drove so many voters in blue California to support this tougher on crime measure. And in general , does this reflect a shift in attitude away from California's previous criminal justice reform efforts ? On the.
S1: That is tragic. What are some of the common reasons that police chases start ? You had mentioned this specific incident was a result of , uh , suspected traffic violations.S1: The City of San Diego's Commission on Police Practices is an independent board made up of community members that investigates complaints against officers and also makes policy recommendations.
S1: I reviewed some of the posts in that social media campaign that the police officers union put out , and they made claims like officers wouldn't be able to pursue , uh , suspects who may possess fentanyl or suspects who have violated domestic violence restraining orders. S5: Of San Diego wrote a really interesting story about county Supervisor Nora Vargas. Kind of butting heads with county Supervisor Tara Lawson. Remer. It's over. A huge issue. Very important issue in the South Bay. Right ? The Tijuana sewage crisis. I'm assuming everyone's heard about it. We've covered it extensively here. But it was such an interesting story because on the one hand , you have Terry Lawson Reamer , who wants to declare it a Superfund site.
S5: So which are both key right funding. And the intention is why , uh , local elected officials have put pressure on the , on the governor to call this a state emergency. S5: But there's also no rule against this , right ? Like they don't have to do background checks. And even if they did , is there something that says you can't do business with with convicts ? I mean , we , like most of the country , just selected one.
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