By Patty Lane, Maureen Cavanaugh
and Peggy Pico
The effort to roll back decades of tough on crime legislation continues on the November ballot.
Proposition 47 would reduce a number of non-violent felony crimes, to misdemeanors and allow prisoners serving time for those felonies to request a re-sentencing.
The legislative analyst said Proposition 47 would save hundreds of millions of dollars annually by reducing prison populations.
Proposition 47 supporters want that money funneled into truancy and mental health programs. Opponents argue not all the crimes included should be reduced; and counties can’t properly supervise the additional misdemeanor offenders.