"If we want to address the issues of the public feeling less safe when it comes to retail theft, then we need to address the root causes of why these crimes happened in the first place - and also equip stores to have the resources that they need to offer effective deterrence," said Taina Vargas, the executive director of Initiate Justice Action, a nonprofit that seeks to end mass incarceration in California.
"Historically, we have seen that adding additional enhancements is something that is not effective," Vargas said. "All it succeeded in doing is incarcerating more people, which usually has a disproportionate impact on communities of color."
In August, Newsom said that Proposition 36 "takes us back to the 1980s, the war on drugs, mass incarceration. It promotes a promise that can't be delivered."
"[Proposition 36] has nothing to do with retail theft," Newsom added. "This initiative has everything to do with retail theft."
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