On Monday, San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe, San Mateo County Supervisor-elect Jackie Speier, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan, Redwood City Mayor Jeff Gee and San Mateo Mayor Lisa Diaz-…
San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller speaks during a press conference supporting Proposition 36, in Redwood City, Calif., on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Before a Board of Supervisors vote scheduled for Tuesday, San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller urged local leaders to join the growing coalition of elected officials, district attorney offices and law enforcement agencies across the state in supporting stronger penalties for retail theft and drug crimes via Prop 36.
Prop 36 would allow prosecutors to charge repeat offenders with a felony and increase punishments for drug dealing. But the proposal has also met with stiff opposition from criminal justice reform advocates and progressive lawmakers, and its passage in November is far from certain. She said the bill was not about filling up prisons again, but holding retail-theft criminals accountable.
As proponents of the ballot initiative spoke, a handful of activists opposing Prop 36 held signs to protest. Speier acknowledges that the proposal would require increased public spending but noted that retail theft and the drug crisis are already imposing significant costs on the public.
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