Bring Back Accountability and Safety to California Communities
There is a group that has started a ballot initiative, called Amendment #1 to Initiative No. 23-0017, The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act, that aims to bring sanity back to California as it relates to reduction of homeless, drug addiction, and crime that has run rampant in our communities following the passage of recent legislation that has decreased the penalty for theft and increased the homeless population.
This measure will:
A. Provide drug and mental health treatment for people who are addicted to hard drugs such as fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine.
B. Add fentanyl to existing laws that prohibit the possession of hard drugs while armed with a loaded firearm.
C. Add fentanyl to existing laws that prohibit the trafficking of large quantities of hard drugs.
D. Permit judges to use their discretion to _sentence drug dealers to state prison instead of county jail when they are convicted of trafficking hard drugs in large quantities or are armed with a firearm while engaging in drug trafficking.
E. Warn convicted hard drug dealers and manufacturers that they can be charged with murder if they continue to traffic in hard drugs and someone dies as a result.
F. Reinstate penalties for hard drug dealers whose trafficking kills or seriously injures a drug user.
G. Increase penalties for people who repeatedly engage in theft.
H. Add new laws to address the increasing problem of "smash and grab" thefts that result in significant losses and damage, or that are committed by multiple thieves working together.
The measure in its entirety is here:
23-0017A1 (Drug Addiction & Theft Reform).pdf (ca.gov)
And sign up to get involved at the CA Safe Communities website.