Nearly 60 percent of California voters passed Prop 47. Now a decade later, it appears it will be once again up to the state’s voters to decide whether to amend it.
SAN DIEGO — A move to toughen penalties on crimes like shoplifting appears to be heading to the ballot box this November.
More than 900,000 signatures have been collected for a new statewide initiative to amend Proposition 47.
Prop 47, passed back in 2014, reclassified certain low-level drug and theft offenses to misdemeanors.
Nearly 60 percent of California voters passed Prop 47. Now a decade later, it appears it will be once again up to the state’s voters to decide whether to roll back this measure, which many local lawmakers say has had unintended consequences.
“It has really made what should be illegal, legal,” said San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan.
Under Prop 47, low-level crimes like shoplifting, as well as certain …