Statewide poll shows runaway support for Prop. 36 measure to toughen theft, drug crime penalties

Statewide poll shows runaway support for Prop. 36 measure to toughen theft, drug crime penalties

A new statewide poll shows that Proposition 36, a ballot measure aimed at rolling back criminal justice reforms from the past decade and instituting harder penalties for theft and drug crimes, has overwhelming support suggesting it will comfortably pass in November, according to newly released data from the Public Policy Institute of California. The PPIC, which surveyed an array of November election items ranging from the presidential race to ot…