California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot ... steering away from recent progressive policies that critics blamed for increased lawlessness. Proposition 36 will make it a felony for someone to steal merchandise of any value after two previous ...

This proposition would allow for felony charges for certain drug and theft crimes if the defendant has two prior convictions for these offenses.

California voters will soon decide the fate of Proposition 36, weighing whether to roll back criminal justice reforms from a contentious 2014 ballot measure that lessened the penalties for some crimes including theft and drug possession.