Southern California law enforcement officials on Wednesday, Nov. 6, hailed the overwhelming passage of Proposition 36 by California voters as a means to hold repeat drug and theft offenders accountable in ways that they have been unable to since the ...

California voters have passed Proposition 36, the Associated Press projects, approving changes that will roll back criminal justice reforms from a contentious 2014 ballot measure that lessened the penalties for some crimes including theft and drug possession.

This proposition would allow for felony charges for certain drug and theft crimes if the defendant has two prior convictions for these offenses.