No on Proposition 6

As California grapples with a massive multi-billion-dollar long-term budget deficit, Proposition 6 mandates nearly one billion dollars ($952 million) of new funding to the state’s criminal justice system, primarily for increasing criminal penalties and expanding the prison population. The initiative is supported by an assortment of law enforcement lobbies and their allies that include Corrections Corporation of America, Golden State Bail Agents Association, the Narcotics Officers Association, and other groups who comprise the initiatives primary beneficiaries. Other major donors include the California Association of Health Underwriters, an insurance company lobby that is closely allied with Senator Runner and his opposition to health care reform.

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