On Election Day, Californians will face their most difficult vote yet: Should crime be illegal again?

Proposition 36 will give California voters the chance to allow felony charges for serial thieves and shoplifters with a sentence of, at maximum, three years behind bars. It would also increase felony sentences for criminals who take part in organized smash-and-grab robberies, which have plagued businesses in San Francisco and Los Angeles. On the drug front, Prop 36 would require felony drug dealers who distribute fentanyl and other hard drugs to serve their sentences in state prison instead of county jail in most cases.