Tag Archives: Prop 47

4 Ways Grassroots Organizing made the difference in November 2014

As part of the ‘Yes on Prop 47’ campaign, California Calls Action Fund had one-on-one conversations with 145,282 new and occasional voters statewide in the four weeks before the November 2014 election.  100,754 voters said that they supported Prop 47 and on election day. 54% of them went to the polls – a turnout rate…

From Three-Strikes to Prison Reform: Organizing Wins

On Tuesday, two decades after 71% of Californians voted to pass the Three-Strikes initiative Prop 184, California passed a sweeping criminal justice reform that will stem the build-up of California’s overcrowded and broken prison system, and begin to repair the damage to thousands of families torn apart by repressive sentencing laws. Prop 47 passed with…

Prop 47: Reducing Criminal Sentences for Nonviolent Crimes

In less than 7 weeks, California voters will have the opportunity to go to the ballot box to weigh in on state and local offices and six state ballot initiatives. One initiative on the ballot, Prop 47, would change California’s sentencing laws by reducing the classification of seven categories of non-serious and nonviolent property and…