Supporters of criminal justice reform in California suffered major losses in last week's election. Yet, even those who pushed to rein in the state's progressive movement warn against seeing the election as a repudiation of those reforms entirely.
Anderson argues that Proposition 36, which she opposed, was successful precisely because it borrowed cues from the reform movement in focusing on rehabilitation over incarceration. She said those who supported reforms need to better address public concerns.
State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) agrees that there are some throughlines between Proposition 36's passage, Gascón's loss and the recall of Price: Voters want to see accountability for people who break the law.
The measure's passage with more than 70%of voters backing it - support that came from every corner of the state, Reisig said, "doesn't negate the righteous arguments that the system needed to be corrected coming out of the '90s."
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