File #: 24-935    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Filed
File created: 8/30/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 9/9/2024 Final action: 9/9/2024
Title: Resolution of the Fort Bragg City Council in Support of Proposition 36: The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act
Attachments: 1. RESO XXX Prop 36 Support

Title

Resolution of the Fort Bragg City Council in Support of Proposition 36: The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act

 

Summary

Resolution is for public support of Prop 36 which will make changes to Proposition 47 approved in 2014, including: Classifying certain drug offenses as treatment-mandated felonies; increasing penalties for certain drug crimes by increasing sentence lengths and level of crime; requiring courts to warn individuals convicted of distributing illegal drugs of their potential future criminal liability if they distribute deadly drugs like fentanyl, heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine; and increasing sentences for theft based on the value of the property stolen.