SF Politics California Voters Say Yes to Tougher Crime Sentences, No to Rent Control Most statewide California ballot measure results still cannot be projected, but the two big ones can, as tougher sentencing for crimes was approved, while an expansion of rent control was rejected.
SF Politics With November’s Prop 36, California Voters Could Effectively Undo the Infamous Prop 47 Property Crime Law California's 2014 law known as Prop 47 is often blamed for unleashing crime, homelessness, and the fentanyl crisis, and voters will have a chance to toughen up its under-$950 misdemeanor theft threshold with the new state measure Prop 36.
SF News Some Jokers Posted Signs In Union Square Saying ‘Stolen Goods Must Remain Under $950’ These unauthorized signs were apparently real and placed in Union Square, creating a viral uproar among people who believed the signs’ official-looking claim that "stolen goods must remain under $950."
SF Politics Mayor Breed Backs Republican-Led Campaign to Overhaul Prop 47 Facing less-than-outstanding poll numbers in the November election and being hammered by her opponents on crime, Mayor London Breed campaigned Thursday for a Republican-authored effort to redo the state’s Prop. 47 sentencing law.
SF News State Lawmakers Once Again Going After Prop 47 Amidst Retail Theft Blowback We’re now ten years into the Prop 47 era, and a pair of state Assembly members have introduced new bills to make it more likely accused thieves get charged with felonies under the law’s guidelines.
SF News Spike In Car Break-Ins Has Many Blaming Prop 47 Since last summer we've been talking about the recent spike in petty crime, in particular car burglaries and car thefts, and new numbers out of the SFPD suggest that car break-ins in particular
