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This is textbook: pass a tough-sounding law, then force the state to foot a massive bill to make it work. It’s taxpayers versus political theater — and California voters didn’t sign up for ransom governance.
#prop36 — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #prop36, aggregated by home.social.
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CPH Daily Bulletin 10/27/2025
Lacking funding, Proposition 36 puts burden on most defendants to find drug treatment
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CPH Daily Bulletin 10/13/2025
California’s Prop. 36 promised ‘mass treatment’ for defendants. A new study shows how it’s going
https://calmatters.org/justice/2025/10/proposition-36-treatment-study/
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The worst people in the world are celebrating the passage of CA's #Prop36. "The CEO of #CoreCivic, one of the nation’s largest operators of private prisons and #detention centers, pointed to Prop 36’s passage as a bellwether of good fortune". https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/private-prisons-prop-36-19974507.php?
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The worst people in the world are celebrating the passage of CA's #Prop36. "The CEO of #CoreCivic, one of the nation’s largest operators of private prisons and #detention centers, pointed to Prop 36’s passage as a bellwether of good fortune". https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/private-prisons-prop-36-19974507.php?
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I am delighted that California's #Prop36 was approved by our voters. Michelle Parris complained that "Voters are asking elected officials for real solutions to crime, not mass incarceration." A real solution to crime is to imprison career criminals, which is what #Prop36 does. #CriminalJustice
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"How Proposition 36 convinced Californians to vote against their political views" was the title of a grossly misleading article written in @CALMatters, apparently by a soft-on-crime extremist who is out of step with voters in California who overwhelmingly voted for #Prop36. Before this Proposition was passed, stealing $900.00 was treated as a minor crime, and that is crazy because it encourages theft. #CriminalJustice #crime
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CW: California politics, no on Prop 36
#Prop36 is a false solution to real problems. It would take a huge step backwards in California’s progress by reverting us back to the failed policy era of “tough on crime” and “three strikes.”
Vote #NoOn36, and tell your friends to do the same. Learn more from our blog post: https://indivisiblesf.org/blog/2024/10/8/vote-no-on-prop-36-and-tell-10-friends
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"Poll shows California’s Prop 36 crime initiative poised to pass by large margin. The measure received the highest support of the 10 issue questions on the statewide ballot this fall": https://www.politico.com/news/2024/10/24/california-prop-36-crime-initiative-00185192 #publicsafety #crime #Prop36
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"Did Prop 47 increase crime in California? A major study says yes":
https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/prop-47-36-california-19824568.php #crime #safety #Prop36
