What it would do: Allocate $460 million a year in state money, increasing with inflation, for the treatment of those convicted of nonviolent drug-related crimes as an alternative to incarceration. It would give inmates time off their sentences for rehabilitation programs; shorten parole from three years to six months; expand the state parole board; create a secretary for rehabilitation; and add a deputy warden for rehabilitation in each prison. It also would establish state boards overseeing parole and drug treatment.
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The 12 state propositions
VOTER GUIDE: THE NOV. 4 ELECTIONS
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Wednesday, October 22, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 32 words Type of Material: Correction
Proposition 10: The Voter Guide in Sunday's California section misspelled the first name of a major donor to the "yes" on Proposition 10 campaign. The donor's name is Aubrey McClendon, not Audrey.
For The Record
Los Angeles Times Sunday, October 26, 2008 Home Edition Main News Part A Page 2 National Desk 1 inches; 35 words Type of Material: Correction
Proposition 10: The Voter Guide in the California section on Oct. 19 misspelled the first name of a major donor to the "yes" on Proposition 10 campaign. The donor's name is Aubrey McClendon, not Audrey.
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Chief proponents: Drug Policy Alliance Network, California Nurses Assn., California Society of Addiction Medicine, California Federation of Teachers, League of Women Voters of California
Major donors to "Yes" side: Investor-philanthropist George Soros; New York philanthropist Bob Wilson; investor Jacob Goldfield; John G. Sperling, founder of the University of Phoenix
Chief opponents: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Crime Victims United, California League of United Latin American Citizens, California State Assn. of Counties, California Chamber of Commerce, National Assn. of Drug Court Professionals
Major donors to "No" side: California Correctional Peace Officers Assn., Barona Band of Mission Indians, Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation, California Narcotics Officers Assn., Pala Band of Mission Indians, Peace Officers Research Assn. of California
Main arguments in favor: Drug offenders and society benefit more from providing treatment than incarceration; sentencing, parole changes and increased rehabilitation would reduce prison overcrowding.
Main arguments against: It would decriminalize drugs. Dangerous criminals would avoid incarceration, participate in ineffective treatment programs and return to crime. The cost to taxpayers is too great.
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Proposition 6: Criminal justice
What it would do: Increase the annual state funding of state and local criminal justice programs by $365 million to $965 million, adjusting for inflation. It also would boost penalties for gang activity and other crimes and assign the state to pay for satellite tracking of sex offenders and other former state prison inmates.
Chief proponents: State Sen. George Runner (R-Lancaster), Mike Reynolds, author of California's three-strikes law; San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt; state law enforcement associations, including police chiefs, probation chiefs, sheriffs and police officers
