A poll shows most voters support for Prop. 36, a sign Gavin Newsom's governorship is approaching lame duck status.
A security guard stands in front of a luxury retailer in downtown San Francisco on April 15, 2024. Retail theft has plagued the area and numerous storefronts sit vacant. Photo by Loren Elliott for CalMatters
California voters will begin marking their mail-in ballots for the Nov. 5 election in just a few days and how they vote may reflect their somewhat sour outlooks, particularly rising concerns about crime, a Prop. 36’s popularity marks a change of public attitudes since the heyday of what was called “criminal justice reform” a decade ago, when then-Gov. Jerry Brown, legislators and voters, under pressure from federal courts, were depopulating the state’s overcrowded prison system. The number of felonsHowever, as smash-and-grab invasions of retail stores, car burglaries and other forms of property crime increased, Newsom gradually shifted to increasing some punishments.
Newsom is now publicly opposing Prop. 36, rejecting its supporters’ contention that it would improve therapy for those committing crimes to support addictions.during a recent press conference after signing the Legislature’s alternative crime laws. “What an actual insult it is to say it’s about mass treatment when there’s not a dollar attached to it.”The overwhelming support for Prop. 36 indicates that as his governorship approaches lame duck status, Newsom’s ability to sway voters is declining.
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