WHAT IT DOES
Under Proposition 47, felony drug possession, petty theft, shoplifting, receiving stolen property, and forging or writing bad checks would be reduced to misdemeanors. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst projects annual savings of hundreds of millions of dollars: 65 percent of the savings would go to mental health and drug treatment programs, 25 percent to school truancy and dropout prevention programs, and 10 percent to help crime victims.
WHO SUPPORTS IT
San Francisco District Attorney and former police chief George Gascón; William Lansdowne, a former police chief of San Diego and San Jose; victims’ advocate Dionne Wilson of Crime Survivors for Safety & Justice.
WHO OPPOSES IT
Associations representing police, sheriffs, district attorneys, crime victims, sexual abuse victims and businesses.
CAMPAIGN SPENDING
Supporters have raised more than $3 million, with major donors including Public Storage founder B. Wayne Hughes, Netflix CEO Reed Hastings and wealthy civil rights attorney Molly Munger. Opponents raised less than $45,000 through mid-September.
