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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/05/2008 12:41 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 06/05/2008 12:46 PM
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Anti-Gang Initiative Qualifies for November Ballot....Safe Neighborhoods Act Will Address the Growing Gang Problem in California
San Andreas, CA.... Calaveras County Sheriff Dennis Downum today announced that Secretary of State Debra Bowen has qualified a statewide anti-gang initiative for the November ballot. "Passage of the Safe Neighborhood Act will ensure that we will know from year to year what our funding will be," Downum said. "This will allow us to plan for and provide the maximum service possible for our citizens. Taking the political drama out of Law Enforcement funding is critical for us to accomplish our mission."......
In order to be eligible for the ballot, the Safe Neighborhoods Act needed 433,971 valid petition signatures, which is equal to 5 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the November 2006 General Election. The initiative proponents submitted 789,668 signatures in late April.
"Now California voters have a chance to do what the liberal Legislature has failed to do: Pass true gang reform," said State Senator George Runner (R-Antelope Valley), one of the initiative's authors.
The Safe Neighborhoods Act is a comprehensive anti-gang and crime reduction measure that will bring more cops and increased safety to California communities and greater efficiency and accountability to public safety programs and agencies that spend taxpayer money.
Some of the provisions of the Safe Neighborhoods Act would do the following:
* Increase penalties for felons and gang members with guns;
* Create the Early Intervention & Rehabilitation Commission;
* Prohibit bail for illegal aliens charged with violent or gang crimes;
* Heighten penalties for criminal accomplices;
* Strengthen Section 8 Housing compliance;
* Protect witness testimony;
* Create a statewide gang registry;
* Punish smugglers of prison contraband
* Toughen laws for methamphetamine distribution and sales;
* Establish the "Use a gun and lose a car" law;
* Allow counties (that are under federal court order to release jail inmates) to operate temporary jail facilities;
* Impose felony penalties on serial graffiti offenders.
The Safe Neighborhoods Act has support from former Governor Pete Wilson.
Additionally, it is supported by every elected California sheriff, the California Police Chiefs' Association, the California District Attorneys Association, Chief Probation Officers of California and nearly every other law enforcement group, including rank and file law enforcement organizations like the Peace Officers Research Association of California.
The initiative is co-authored by Mike Reynolds (father of Three Strikes) and San Bernardino County Supervisor Gary Ovitt.
Learn more at www.SafeNeighborhoodsAct.com
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