Bill Would Amend California Prop. 47, Lowering Felony Threshold; GOP Lawmakers Push For Full Repeal

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — A caller measure has been introduced that would alteration California’s Prop. 47 and little the magnitude suspects tin bargain earlier facing a felony.

Assemblymember Rudy Salas, (D-Bakersfield) is down the bill. He introduced it connected the aforesaid time that 2 Republican authorities lawmakers, Kevin Kiley and James Gallagher, unveiled their measure that aims to afloat repeal Prop. 47.

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“Enough is enough, we request to combat backmost against the criminals who are stealing from our communities,” Salas said successful a connection astir the bill’s instauration connected Tuesday.

California voters approved Prop. 47 backmost successful 2014. It was billed arsenic a mode to betterment the state’s sentencing laws, reclassifying immoderate nonviolent offenses from felonies (which transportation harsher penalties) arsenic misdemeanors.

Critics person since started to blasted the proposition for helping origin the emergence successful retail thefts.

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 “When you walk laws to legalize atrocious behaviour and person prosecutors who neglect to clasp radical accountable, this is the extremity result,” Kiley said successful a connection astir his bill.

Salas’ amendment to Prop. 47 would effort and code those criticisms by lowering the magnitude a fishy tin bargain earlier facing a felony from $950 to $400 – the archetypal threshold.

“We person seen the unintended consequences of Prop 47’s weakening of our theft laws and I judge California voters are acceptable to marque their voices heard connected this contented again,” Salas stated.

As portion of Salas’ bill, the amendment would lone go effectual if California voters o.k. it done a ballot measure.

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With Democrats making up a supermajority successful the California legislature, Kiley and Gallagher’s measure connected a afloat Prop. 47 repeal apt has small accidental of moving forward.

CBS13 Staff