Potential tough-on-crime California ballot measure promises less homelessness. Experts aren’t convinced

BY MARISA KENDALL AND YUE STELLA YU | CalMatters

Backers of a tough-on-crime California ballot measure put homelessness at the forefront of their campaign to roll back Prop. 47. But would the measure actually help get people housed?

Homelessness gets top billing in a measure likely to make it onto your November ballot. Whether the measure has anything to do with homelessness is debatable.

The initiative proponents are calling the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction...