Santa Clara County DA voices support for Prop. 47 in face of Prop. 36 rollback measure

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : "Before Prop. 47, if you lived in a wealthy city with low crime and there was a shoplifting at the Walgreens or Target, police responded, same as today.
49% : Prop. 47 is being scapegoated when it diverted millions of dollars to effective mental health and treatment programs," Hollins said.
44% : Before Prop. 47 if you lived in a community with high rates of crime and lower resources, police did not respond, and they're not responding today," Rosen said.
37% : "Prop. 47 was responding to a number of things happening at the time, one of which was enormous prison overcrowding.
23% : "From the moment Prop. 47 was passed, there was an attempt to blame criminal justice reform for everything from rises in certain types of crime to global warming.

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