2025-01-17 00:11:51
Gavin Newsom introduced Proposition 47 to California, reclassifying nonviolent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, including theft worth $950 or less, simple drug possession, and forgery and check fraud. The primary goal was to reduce the state prison population. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(89-10-33) Author
2025-01-17 02:17:02
It is not true that Newsom introduced Prop 47. Prop 47 was passed in 2014 and Newsom did not take office until 2019. [Link][Link][Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(16-7-35) Author
2025-01-17 02:34:43
Gavin Newsom supported Prop 47 as CA's Lieutenant Governor in 2014, aiming to reduce incarceration by reclassifying some non-violent offenses to misdemeanors, like theft under $950 and drug possession. [Link]([Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(122-5-19) Author