Endorsement: No on Proposition 36, a revival of failed and unjust policies
For over a decade, the pendulum in California’s criminal justice policy has swung from a tough-on-crime approach prioritizing incarceration toward an approach emphasizing non-carceral strategies. In 2011, pending a U.S. Supreme Court order in response to dangerous prison overcrowding, California lawmakers approved Assembly Bill 109 to shift the handling of non-violent, non-serious and non-sexual offenders…