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Prop 47 May Have Worsened California’s Homelessness and Drug Use Crisis, New Report Finds
The report said felony drug arrests fell by half in two years and court referrals to treatment dropped 14% after the measure passed.
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Reducing drug penalties likely increased homelessness in California, new report says
When Californians voted to reduce drug penalties in 2014, it likely had the unintended consequence of also increasing homelessness in the state, according to a new report. The report, released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California, set out to measure the long-term effects of Proposition 47 – a 2014 ballot measure that lowered […]
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Prop 47 May Have Worsened California’s Homelessness and Drug Use Crisis, New Report Finds
A sweeping criminal justice reform approved by voters more than a decade ago likely exacerbated California’s homelessness crisis, according to a new report. Researchers at the Public Policy Institute of […] The post Prop 47 May Have Worsened California’s Homelessness and Drug Use Crisis, New Report Finds appeared first on edhat.
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