In response to growing worries about crime in California, the Democratic-controlled Legislature has passed a set of stringent crime bills, marking a significant change in its approach to criminal justice reform compared with previous years.
As a result, lawmakers voted in favor of stiffer penalties for sex offenders, repeat shoplifters and car burglars, and rejected bills to limit solitary confinement in prisons and expand eligibility for parole.
If we look at the history of California, the pendulum always corrects itself and shifts one way or the other. I think now you're seeing the pendulum swinging back.
What's different this year, Raven said, is that lawmakers are taking action on constituent concerns about rising crime. This comes in an election year when political careers are on the line.
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