Coalition to submit 900,000 signatures to put tough-on-crime initiative on California ballot

AP | TRÂN NGUYỄN | A coalition backed by retailers like Walmart and Target announced Thursday it has collected enough signatures to put a ballot measure before California voters this November to enhance criminal penalties for shoplifting and drug dealing.

Ballot measure to reform Prop. 47 gathers 900,000 signatures

Spectrum News 1 | Inside the Issues Staff | The Californians for Safer Communities Coalition is seeking to reform Proposition 47, which passed in 2014.

“Inside the Issues” host Amrit Singh is joined by Dan Schnur, political science professor at USC, UC Berkeley and Pepperdine, to discuss the political impact of potential reforms to the proposition.

Prop 47 Reformers Send Nearly a Million Signatures to Sacramento

GV Wire | Edward Smith | A bipartisan group looking to undo what Proposition 47 did to California’s legal environment submitted more than 900,000 signatures in Sacramento on Thursday for the ballot measure reformers say will reduce theft, homelessness, and drug addiction.