Proponents of California’s Prop. 47 Reform Question Legislature’s Public Safety Bill Amendments

One day after a proposal that would repeal parts of California’s Proposition 47 officially qualified for the November ballot, proponents gathered in front of the state’s attorney general’s office to request lawmakers not to discourage voters from supporting the measure amid heightened public safety concerns across the state. The ballot measure, if approved, would reform Proposition 47, which was passed by voters in 2014 to lower prison populations by downgrading some felony theft and drug crimes to misdemeanors. “This is a battle for the future of California, and it’s a battle for the future and health for the businesses of California,” Greg Totten, president of the California District Attorneys Association and co-chair of California for Safer Communities—the group behind the ballot initiative—told The Epoch Times after the June 12 press conference....