Newsom, California Lawmakers Withdraw Alternative Anti-Crime Ballot Measure

The second ballot measure would have competed with an existing qualified initiative to reform California’s Proposition 47.

California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 3, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

One day ahead of the deadline for the Legislature to place initiatives on the November ballot, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state leaders decided after hours on July 2 to pull a second ballot measure proposal that sought to reform a law passed by voters in 2014.

“Working with stakeholders and the Legislature, we chose to introduce an alternative measure for Californians to consider that represented a balanced and comprehensive strategy that put public safety first without reverting to outdated and ineffective policies of decades past,” Mr. Newsom said in a statement emailed to The Epoch Times on July 3.