One of the seemingly most split measures up for vote in November is Prop 36, which would increase sentences for certain drug and theft crimes. Here's what supporters and opponents say.
One of the seemingly most split measures up for vote in November is Prop 36, which would increase sentences for certain drug and theft crimes.One of the seemingly most split measures up for vote in November is Prop 36, which would increase sentences for certain drug and theft crimes.However, many leaders, including those in San Mateo County, believe the benefits would be big for their community.
Prop 36 proponents say it will help families like the Walkers by enacting stricter penalties for drug dealers.The proposition is seen as reform to Prop 47, which reduced hard drug possession and theft penalties. It plans to do this by holding drug dealers and repeat retail and smash-and-grab thieves accountable.Leaders in San Mateo County are calling on their colleagues to support the measure.
"We need to address it from a medical perspective, not from a jail perspective," San Mateo Co. Resident Deacon Lauren Patton-McCombs said.'No on 36' advocates say this takes California back to the failures of 80s and 90s and the war on drugs. "Instead, we're trying to find faster ways to lock people up and go back to mass incarceration," Lewis said. "That's not going to work for us. We're criminalizing homelessness. We're criminalizing poverty. Is that what America is about? Is that what California is about?"
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