Prop 36 California 2024. Supporters say many people who are committing these. 36 is a 2024 ballot measure that would increase punishment for some theft and drug crimes, such as fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and shoplifting.
Gavin newsom and civil rights groups argue that prop 36, a ballot initiative to reclassify theft and drug misdemeanors as felonies, would take california back to the drug war. Prop 36 is an initiative statute that would allow felony charges and increase sentences for certain drug and theft crimes if the defendant has two prior convictions.