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When Will Democrats Admit California’s Prop. 47 Has Been Cataclysmic?

January 23, 2024 8:07 amJanuary 23, 2024 8:07 am

California’s Proposition 47 has been a man-made disaster… cataclysmic… a catastrophe. Need more descriptors? How about, “Make crime illegal again” in California. There have been numerous attempts to repeal and/or reverse Proposition 47, which was passed by tragically misinformed voters...

Crime Trends in the United States and California

October 26, 2023 3:12 pmOctober 26, 2023 3:12 pm

Some years ago, the Criminal Justice Legal Foundation began tracking the trends in crime in California versus the country as a whole. California has been more aggressive than most states in the “criminal justice reform” movement, a euphemism for reducing...

Sen. Grove’s Bill to Make Sex Trafficking in California a Felony Once Again Signed into Law

September 26, 2023 7:16 amSeptember 27, 2023 6:55 am

Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) announced her bill, Senate Bill 14, to once again make sex trafficking a felony, was signed into law by Governor Newsom Monday. One would assume this was a slam dunk, but this was no easy bill...

Senate Democrats Kill Attempt to ‘Make Crime Illegal Again’ With Reforms to Prop. 47

September 13, 2023 7:28 amSeptember 13, 2023 7:28 am

Make crime illegal again. Please. There have been numerous attempts since 2014 to repeal and/or reverse Proposition 47, passed by tragically misinformed voters in 2014, and flagrantly titled “The Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act,” which reduced a host of felonies...

Will CA Legislature Pass SB 14 to Make Sex Trafficking a Felony Once Again?

September 1, 2023 7:53 amSeptember 4, 2023 7:57 am

A bill to make sex trafficking a felony once again in California was blocked in the Assembly Public Safety Committee by Democrats in July, after passing unanimously in the Senate. Eventually and two days later, the committee was pressured by...

Criminal Justice Legal Foundation Report: Prop. 57 Does Not Reduce Recidivism

August 24, 2023 2:59 pmAugust 24, 2023 3:37 pm

In April, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) released a report suggesting that the number of inmates given early release in the year after enactment of Proposition 57, who were convicted of new crimes over the next three...

Senator Shannon Grove’s ‘Make Sex Trafficking a Felony Again’ Bill Killed Once More?

August 16, 2023 12:49 pmAugust 16, 2023 12:58 pm

In July, the Globe reported that California’s Democrats voted to kill a bill by Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield) to make child sex trafficking a felony once again in the state. And notably, the main stream media attempted to make Gov....