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.
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