PROP 6 – POLICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND LAWS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.
Like Proposition 5, Proposition 6 deals with the criminal and prison systems. There’s a lot of stuff in here and if it passes it will require a minimum of $1 billion in mandatory spending for law enforcement agencies. The programs and changes to the law sound good like doubling sentences for gang members, but we don’t have any more money to spend.
Like Prop 5, the general public shouldn’t be asked to tack on a huge amount of new spending for things we might not necessarily understand. I’d actually be more willing to look into these propositions if they weren’t massive bundles of new laws and spending. Put up an initiative that deals specifically with methamphetamine prosecutions and I can probably make an informed decision. Bundle 30 different things together and the average person won’t be able to analyze all of them thoroughly. Plus if there’s one thing I don’t like in there, I have to vote no on the whole package.
I’m going to vote NO on Prop 6 for the same reasons as Prop 5, we don’t have the money and there’s just way too much included for the average person to consider.
