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Dan Walters Daily: Lawmakers push back on Proposition 47


In an effort to save money on state prison spending, shoplifting, forgery, fraud and other lower-level offenses are treated as misdemeanors under Proposition 47.
In an effort to save money on state prison spending, shoplifting, forgery, fraud and other lower-level offenses are treated as misdemeanors under Proposition 47. The Associated Press

Legislators were silent on Proposition 47 during the election, Dan says, but now they're looking to fix perceived holes in the law.

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This story was originally published March 24, 2015 at 10:59 PM.

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