( The state )has a budget hammer and regulatory power. Are they using it to the best effect? |
California has the highest per capita rate of incarceration of any state - or it did until Proposition 36. |
Proposition 36 is tremendously successful at saving lives, at saving money, at keeping families together and at turning people into taxpayers instead of tax users. It is not a silver bullet. But nothing better has been proposed by anyone. |
We would like to see it picked up in other states, but we don't necessarily have millions on hand to run voter initiatives, and not every state has voter initiatives. |