Government,
Criminal
Feb. 27, 2025
CARE Court and Proposition 36 center of Sacramento budget battle
Some see the two measures as complementary, addressing crime, homelessness, and mental health, while others argue they are competing for scarce resources. With rising crime concerns and an overburdened court system, policymakers face tough choices on how to allocate funding.
California has passed two major reforms to its court system in recent years: CARE Court and Proposition 36. Lawmakers are now figuring out if they are complementary or merely competing for scarce budget dollars.
The latter view was on display during an extended Senate on Tuesday. Republican backers of Proposition 36, which rolled back some of the sentencing changes made under Proposition 47 a decade ago, pleaded with their colleagues to fund the tough-on-crime measure. Others war...
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