Shifts in Los Angeles County opinion on criminal justice, new analysis reveals

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : LA Voice's campaign against Prop. 36 reminded people of what Prop. 47 has accomplished, especially in places where people benefited from the initiative.
63% : In 2014, Prop. 47 was overwhelmingly approved by 90% of neighborhoods in L.A. County.
62% : Support for Prop. 36 went hand in hand with support for former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman for district attorney.
55% : "When we worked on Prop. 47, that was two years after the 'three strikes' [law]," Hoover said.
51% : Forty-seven percent of Democrats supported Prop. 36.Ninety-two percent of the precincts that went for Trump also voted "Yes" on 36 and for Hochman for district attorney.
50% : Former Rep. Jackie Speier, who had previously supported Prop. 47, said in a public statement that Prop. 36 is a "common-sense" adjustment to the previous law.
50% : "Executive Director Rev. Zachary Hoover of LA Voice, an interfaith community organization who helped pass Prop. 47 and organized against Prop. 36, said the team campaigned in L.A., Long Beach, Inglewood and the San Gabriel Valley.
50% : A pre-election Berkeley IGS Poll analysis of likely L.A. County voters for Prop. 36 and district attorney found that the largest combination were voters who planned to vote for both Prop. 36 and Hochman (40%).
49% : Longtime California pollster Mark DiCamillo, who directed polls for both Prop. 36 and Prop. 47, said both state measures were decided by the same swing groups: voters with "no party preference" and voters who consider their political ideology "middle of the road.""Those same swing voter blocks, which showed you there was support for Prop. 47 10 years ago, definitely changed their opinion and are now much more inclined to be supportive of Prop. 36," DiCamillo said.
48% : In 2024, Republicans were 9-to-1 in favor of overhauling Prop. 47.
47% : However, imposing harsher penalties for repeat offenders was what drove support for Prop. 36.
46% : During his inauguration speech, Hochman repeated his campaign promises to balance criminal justice reform and public safety and called California's overpopulation in prisons a systemic failure.
42% : Among voters with party preferences, Republicans were mixed on Prop. 47, with Democrats almost 4-to-1 in favor of turning nonviolent felonies into misdemeanors.
41% : All of the few neighborhoods that voted against reduced crime penalties in 2014 voted for harsher penalties with Prop. 36.
39% : Gascón and "No" on Prop. 36.California and Los Angeles County are getting tougher on crime.
39% : With Proposition 36 now in effect, several other California officials have vowed to use the power of new legislation to hold people accountable, and criminal justice reform advocates show no signs of backing down.
35% : The 2024 general election saw California voters reverse course against criminal justice reform policies and candidates.

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