Early results show Proposition 36 easily passing, Soros-backed Alameda County DA Pamela Price losing, and serious SF DA Brooke Jenkins winning.
of Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón at the hands of Nathan Hochman .
Proposition 36 would walk back much of the decade-old Proposition 47, turning some theft misdemeanors into felonies, requiring a warning about a possible murder charge for selling or providing drugs, and creating a new “treatment-mandated felony,” according to the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office.
Under Proposition 36, theft would be classified as a felony offense if the suspect has two or more past convictions for certain theft crimes, such as shoplifting, burglary and carjacking. The sentence would then be up to three years in county jail or state prison.that Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and its District Attorney, Pamela Price, will face a recall vote in November.
The numbers were very similar for Price, with 64.79% calling for her removal. The Associated Press reported that as of 6 a.m. Wednesday, 28% of ballots have been counted in the county.charged all of the protestors who were arrested after halting traffic on the Bay Bridge during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference in November of last year.
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