Government
Oct. 16, 2013
Brown vetoes effort to loosen penalties for drug possession
The bill would have allowed county prosecutors to charge simple possession of certain drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, as either a misdemeanor or felony.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Gov. Jerry Brown over the weekend vetoed a bill that would have allowed prosecutors to seek lighter sentences for simple drug possession, marking the second year in a row that the effort by state Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco has failed to become law.
Leno's bill, SB 649, would have permitted county prosecutors to charge simple possession of certain drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, as either a...
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