Overview: Worries about retail theft and fentanyl deaths shaped a November ballot measure that would toughen some criminal penalties. Here are the facts about California crime trends. Californians have gone back and forth on crime and punishment for years.  In 1994, they voted for harsher criminal penalties and a three-strikes law. Twenty years later, in … Continue reading 6 myths about California crime as voters now favor this measure on drugs, retail theft