2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia Proposition 47, also known as the Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act, [1] was a referendum passed by voters in the state of California on November 4, 2014 It recategorized some nonviolent offenses as misdemeanors rather than felonies, as they had previously been categorized
PROPOSITION 47 Under such circumstances, Proposition 47, like Proposition 36, grants the trial court discretion to deny resentencing where to do so would pose an unreasonable risk of danger to public safety
The Impact of Proposition 47 on Crime and Recidivism Undertaken in the wake of public safety realignment in 2011, Proposition 47 reduced the penalties for certain lower-level drug and property offenses and represented a further step in prioritizing prison and jail space for higher-level offenders
PROPOSITION 47 DELIVERS NEARLY 1 BILLION TO CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES It has been almost 10 years since Proposition 47 (Prop 47) was on the California ballot Since its passage in 2014, Prop 47 has reduced California’s unconstitutional prison overcrowding and, in the process, saved the state nearly a billion dollars
Proposition 47 Ensure that people convicted of murder, rape, and child molestation will not benefit from this act
Record cleaning: Felony convictions and Proposition 47 Information about who is eligible and how to ask to have a felony conviction dismissed or reduced Whether you're eligible and what steps to take depend on many factors, like what the conviction was for and what your sentence was