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RESOLUTION NO. 2014-103
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING OPPOSING
PROPOSITION 47—THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SCHOOLS ACT
WHEREAS, Proposition 47 has qualified for the November 4, 2014, Statewide General Election; and
WHEREAS, the proponents of this measure concede that Proposition 47 will make up to 10,000 felons
eligible for early release; and
WHEREAS, with the implementation of Public Safety Realignment in 2011, which altered sentencing
policy by shifting all newly convicted non-violent, non-serious, non-sex offenders to county supervision, there
is currently a significantly diminished population of non-violent offenders in California's prisons, and there is a
legitimate question as to how many of the 10,000 inmates eligible for early release could be classified as high-
risk for committing subsequent violent offenses; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 47 contains provisions re-classifying a host of felony offenses or
felony/misdemeanor offenses as simple misdemeanors, representing sweeping sentencing reform that would be
better accomplished through the state legislative process; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 47 would redefine grand theft in such a way that theft of a firearm would be
considered a misdemeanor unless the value of the gun was greater than $950, and the overwhelming majority of
new handguns sold in California retail for significantly less than that amount; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 47 would reduce the penalty for possession of illicit drugs, including drugs
used to facilitate date-rape, to a simple misdemeanor; and
WHEREAS, Proposition 47 may further burden our local criminal justice systems by shifting
responsibility for additional categories of offenders to already overcrowded county jails;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Redding, by
the adoption of this resolution, hereby opposes Proposition 47 on the November 4, 2014, ballot.
I HEREBY ATTEST AND CERTIFY that the foregoing resolution was introduced and read at a
regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Redding on the 7th day of October, 2014, and was duly
adopted at said meeting by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Cadd,Jones,McArthur, Sullivan, &Bosetti
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: None
RI K BOSETTI, Mayor
ATTEST: = C APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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PAMELA MIZE, Ci Jerk RICHARD A. DUVERNA ity Attorney
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