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More than 100 people in San Diego in jail due to Prop. 36

By Scott Lewis / Voice of San Diego
Published February 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM PST
About 115 people are in jail right now who wouldn’t have been last year. That’s because of Proposition 36 that passed in November. It turned certain property and drug crimes from misdemeanors into felonies. For this week's Why It Matters, Voice of San Diego CEO Scott Lewis looks at the local impacts.
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