Sacramento Democrats Push Bill to Gut Prop 36, Advance ‘Criminals-First Agenda’

Assembly Democrats have passed AB 2108, undermining Prop 36 which overwhelmingly passed in every one of California’s 58 counties Just months after voters approved Proposition 36 to restore felony penalties for repeat theft and drug crimes, Democrats in the Assembly passed AB 2108, a bill authored by Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-La Mesa) that creates a pretrial diversion program for retail theft, shoplifting, forgery, and vandalism. Prop 36 passed with strong support in every one of California’s 58 counties in November 2024. The ballot measure restored felony penalties for repeat offenders after a decade of disaster and rising crime under Prop...