ABOUT prop 36
A dangerous ballot initiative that offers no solutions, only punishment
The 2024 ballot initiative will to make Californians less safe.
Prop 36 resurrects the same cocktail of punishment, prison, jail, and mandatory minimum sentences that put California on a path to mass incarceration decades ago.
proposition 36 would:
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
CUT dedicated funding for drug treatmenT
CUT dedicated funding for recidivism reduction
CUT dedicated funding for school-based prevention
Disproportionately harm low income communities of color
FISCAL IMPACT
Waste $26 BILLION on prison over-spending
Spend $10 BILLION more on jails
spend $13 BILLION more on court costs
Take $850 MILLION away from the state’s most successful drug treatment and homeless prevention programs
Take $300 MILLION away from services for survivors of crime
POLICY IMPACT
Enact new mandatory minimum sentencing
Enact new mandatory sentences for people who are caught while unknowingly possessing any amount of fentanyl
Require police to book people in jail regardless of whether they pose a risk to public safety
And despite claiming to provide treatment it will actually CUT dedicated funding for treatment and victims services