Title
Juvenile Crime.
Proposition Summary
JUVENILE CRIME. INITIATIVE STATUTE. • Increases punishment for gang-related felonies; death penalty for gang-related murder; indeterminate life sentences for home-invasion robbery, carjacking, witness intimidation and drive-by shootings; and creates crime of recruiting for gang activities; and authorizes wiretapping for gang activities. • Requires adult trial for juveniles 14 or older charged with murder or specified sex offenses. • Eliminates informal probation for juveniles committing felonies. • Requires registration for gang related offenses. • Designates additional crimes as violent and serious felonies, thereby making offenders subject to longer sentences. Summary of Legislative Analyst’s Estimate of Net State and Local Government Fiscal Impact: • State costs: Ongoing annual costs of more than $330 million. One-time costs of about $750 million. • Local costs: Potential ongoing annual costs of tens of millions of dollars to more than $100 million. Potential one-time costs in the range of $200 million to $300 million.
Proposition Number
21
Year
2000
Document Type
Proposition
Pass/Fail
Pass
Popular Vote Results
Y: 4491166; A: 62.1; N: 2742148; B: 37.9
Election Type
Primary
Proposition Type
Initiative Statue
For Author
Maggie Elvey, Assistant Director, Crime Victims United; Grover Trask, President, California District Attorneys Association; Chief Richard Tefank, President, California Police Chiefs Association
Against Author
LAVONNE McBROOM, President, California State PTA; Gail Dryden, President, League of Women Voters of California; Raymond Wingerd, President, Chief Probation Officers of California
Rebuttal Against Author
Sheriff Hal Barker, President, California Peace Officers Association; Elaine Bush, Former Director, California Mentor Initiative; Collene Campbell (Thompson), Founder, Memory of Victims Everywhere
Recommended Citation
Juvenile Crime. California Proposition 21 (2000).
https://repository.uclawsf.edu/ca_ballot_props/1192