The Los Angeles Times editorial board claimed in an opinion piece on Sunday that Proposition 36 would penalize drug users rather than stop petty crime.
The Los Angeles Times editorial board urged readers on Sunday to vote no against Proposition 36, a ballot initiative to increase penalties for petty crimes. Proposition 36 is a reform of the 2014 Proposition 47 initiative that loosened penalties for several drug and theft crimes. Critics of 'Prop 47' have frequently pointed to the initiative as the source of the crime wave in California cities.
The publication instead blamed local police for failing to stop crime plaguing the state. 'Police could stop petty thieves now if they made misdemeanor arrests, as they can and sometimes should under current law. But they don’t, because they argue it's not worth their time. They’re asking voters to change the laws to fit their accustomed practices, rather than update their practices to fit the laws they’re asked to enforce.
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