Prop 47: Enough is Enough!
Mar 17, 2022 12:00AM ● By By Assemblyman James GallagherSACRAMENTO COUNTY, CA (MPG) - California communities are under assault by a rise in crime that’s hitting neighborhoods throughout our state.
Thieves walk into stores, fill up their backpacks and stroll out without a care in the world. Organized rings of thieves are committing brazen smash-and-grabs. Open air drug use and fentanyl overdoses are common on our streets at high-end retail boutiques. Soft-on-crime policies have failed Californians.
Proposition 47 is a huge culprit, reducing penalties for many crimes to a slap on the wrist. Now, a majority of Californians support bringing back more serious consequences for people who break the law.
Californians deserve to live in communities safe from violent crime and rampant theft. That is why I teamed up with Assemblymember Kevin Kiley and a dozen other legislators to introduce AB 1599 that would repeal Proposition 47 and rein in California’s crime wave. Enough is enough! It’s time to start holding criminals accountable.