Chris Moritz

And her first big task is administering AB 109, because as the head of the California Justice Department, she really has the most, you know, Highest level of presence in for sure understanding the budgetary constraints of the counties and what everyone was warning her, including the California District Attorneys Association, police unions, that this law was going to be a big problem.

And her first big task is administering AB 109, because as the head of the California Justice Department, she really has the most, you know, Highest level of presence in for sure understanding the budgetary constraints of the counties and what everyone was warning her, including the California District Attorneys Association, police unions, that this law was going to be a big problem.

And she supported it. She did nothing to try and like bring more resources to these county jails. And this is a theme actually we'll see over and over again in California where the state has some failure, some bureaucratic issues. you know, incompetency or shortfall in the budget or some issue.

And she supported it. She did nothing to try and like bring more resources to these county jails. And this is a theme actually we'll see over and over again in California where the state has some failure, some bureaucratic issues. you know, incompetency or shortfall in the budget or some issue.

And she supported it. She did nothing to try and like bring more resources to these county jails. And this is a theme actually we'll see over and over again in California where the state has some failure, some bureaucratic issues. you know, incompetency or shortfall in the budget or some issue.

And the strategy at Sacramento is to simply move that problem, shift it to localities, to counties to manage, which are also struggling. So it's kind of robbing Peter to pay Paul and nothing changes. So after AB 109 went into effect, the next year property crimes went up 9%.

And the strategy at Sacramento is to simply move that problem, shift it to localities, to counties to manage, which are also struggling. So it's kind of robbing Peter to pay Paul and nothing changes. So after AB 109 went into effect, the next year property crimes went up 9%.

And the strategy at Sacramento is to simply move that problem, shift it to localities, to counties to manage, which are also struggling. So it's kind of robbing Peter to pay Paul and nothing changes. So after AB 109 went into effect, the next year property crimes went up 9%.

And moreover, 61% of those offenders who were eligible for this program, and by the way, it's retroactive, 61% are arrested within a year and 41% are convicted again. So clearly the recidivism rate created by this law was a major problem.

And moreover, 61% of those offenders who were eligible for this program, and by the way, it's retroactive, 61% are arrested within a year and 41% are convicted again. So clearly the recidivism rate created by this law was a major problem.

And moreover, 61% of those offenders who were eligible for this program, and by the way, it's retroactive, 61% are arrested within a year and 41% are convicted again. So clearly the recidivism rate created by this law was a major problem.

Fast forward to 2014, and the worst of them all comes out of political strategy consultant firms in San Francisco, who, by the way, backed Kamala Harris to a great extent. And this is called Prop 47. Yes. So Prop 47 was... marketed to Californians.

Fast forward to 2014, and the worst of them all comes out of political strategy consultant firms in San Francisco, who, by the way, backed Kamala Harris to a great extent. And this is called Prop 47. Yes. So Prop 47 was... marketed to Californians.

Fast forward to 2014, and the worst of them all comes out of political strategy consultant firms in San Francisco, who, by the way, backed Kamala Harris to a great extent. And this is called Prop 47. Yes. So Prop 47 was... marketed to Californians.

And I should say for, you know, people who don't understand California politics, we have this, you know, a system that allows for, you know, really important legislation to be put forward directly to the voters and that's how a lot of very, very big laws in California have come to effect. The initiative system. Yeah. Like Prop 13. Exactly. And Prop 17. Exactly. Which we can talk about.

And I should say for, you know, people who don't understand California politics, we have this, you know, a system that allows for, you know, really important legislation to be put forward directly to the voters and that's how a lot of very, very big laws in California have come to effect. The initiative system. Yeah. Like Prop 13. Exactly. And Prop 17. Exactly. Which we can talk about.

And I should say for, you know, people who don't understand California politics, we have this, you know, a system that allows for, you know, really important legislation to be put forward directly to the voters and that's how a lot of very, very big laws in California have come to effect. The initiative system. Yeah. Like Prop 13. Exactly. And Prop 17. Exactly. Which we can talk about.

But Prop 47, excuse me, Prop 47. This was the stealing legalization. It's called, it was called just, you know, euphemistically, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. Yeah. And the idea behind it was we would, again, address the mass incarceration problem, reduce the prison capacity by shifting, again, nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and treating thefts under $950 as misdemeanors.

But Prop 47, excuse me, Prop 47. This was the stealing legalization. It's called, it was called just, you know, euphemistically, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. Yeah. And the idea behind it was we would, again, address the mass incarceration problem, reduce the prison capacity by shifting, again, nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and treating thefts under $950 as misdemeanors.

But Prop 47, excuse me, Prop 47. This was the stealing legalization. It's called, it was called just, you know, euphemistically, the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act. Yeah. And the idea behind it was we would, again, address the mass incarceration problem, reduce the prison capacity by shifting, again, nonviolent offenders out of state prisons and treating thefts under $950 as misdemeanors.