California’s battle over crime and homelessness is a warning to the nation

Ten years ago, California voters passed Prop 47 to downgrade the possession of hard drugs from a felony to a misdemeanor, then continued to pass soft-on-crime proposals aimed at reinventing the state’s criminal justice system. Since then, crime, drug use and homelessness have skyrocketed, driving businesses and upstanding citizens from the state, a trend that should serve as a stark warning to other states who have followed California’s lead. Now, Proposition 36, or The Homelessness, Drug Addiction...