Proposition Summary

Requires misdemeanor sentence instead of felony for certain drug and property offenses. Inapplicable to persons with prior conviction for serious or violent crime and registered sex offenders. Fiscal Impact: State and county criminal justice savings potentially in the high hundreds of millions of dollars annually. State savings spent on school truancy and dropout prevention, mental health and substance abuse treatment, and victim services.

Proposition Number

47

Year

2014

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Pass

Popular Vote Results

Y:4,238,156; A:59.6; N:2,871,943; B:40.4

Election Type

General Election

Proposition Type

Initiative Statute

For Author

George Gascon, District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco; William Lansdowne, Former Chief of Police of San Diego, San Jose, Richmond; Dionne Wilson, Victims’ Advocate Crime Survivors for Safety & Justice

Against Author

Christopher W. Boyd, President of the California Police Chiefs Association; Harriet Salarno, President of Crime Victims United; Gilbert G. Otero, President of the California District Attorneys Association

Rebuttal Author

Sandra Henriquez, Executive Director of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Adam Christianson, President of the California State Sheriffs’ Association; Roger Mayberry, President of the California Fraternal Order of Police

Rebuttal Against Author

George Gascon, District Attorney of City and County of San Francisco; William Lansdowne, Former Chief of Police, San Diego, San Jose, Richmond, Dionne Wilson; Victims’ Advocate; Crime Survivors for Safety & Justice

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