Police and Law Enforcement Funding. Criminal Penalties and Laws.
Requires minimum of $965,000,000 of state funding each year for police and local law enforcement. Makes approximately 30 revisions to California criminal law. Fiscal Impact: Increased net state costs exceeding $500 million annually due to increasing spending on criminal justice programs to at least $965 million and for corrections operating costs. Potential one-time state prison capital outlay costs exceeding $500 million.
This initiative sets aside too much money, and leaves little flexibility for legislators in deciding how to best appropriate it. Furthermore, these funds come directly from those currently allocated to education, heath services, transportation, and other community programs.
The initiative also wants to rewrite criminal law, including a number of revisions that I consider outright unfair. One such example is forcing recipients of public housing subsidies to submit to criminal background checks. Those with recent criminal activity would have their subsidies withdrawn, potentially leaving families unable to afford housing stranded on the street.
I’m voting No on Prop 6.
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