Criminal justice backlash heads to the California ballot

This fall, California voters will have multiple chances to decide whether their state has gone too far in reining in law enforcement and reducing criminal penalties.

A statewide initiative that’s likely to qualify for the ballot would unwind parts of Proposition 47, a collection of sentencing reductions passed by voters years before the George Floyd killing sparked a national movement to rethink criminal justice policy. At the same time, two of the country’s most prominent district attorneys...