Regrets of a Proposition 47 Supporter

“I had supported Proposition 47, which basically said you wouldn’t prosecute —the crimes were much different at the level of up to $950. I thought it was a good idea at the time because I thought, we need to give people an opportunity, we need to give people a chance,” David Canepa said to CBS News Bay Area.  Canepa is a San Mateo County, California Democrat who sits on the  Board of Supervisors.  Kristine Parks of Fox News reports that in the wake of out-of-control theft in the Bay Area, Canepa has changed his mind about Proposition 47: “I made a mistake, it was a big mistake, and you have to acknowledge your mistake,” he confessed. “By doing this, what we’ve done is we’re letting people take thousands and thousands of dollars. And why should people be subjugated?”  With counties essentially helpless to crack down on thieves under Proposition 47, Camepa is now calling on the Governor and state Legislature to reduce the dollar amount of thefts that qualify as a felony.  Two bills to do this, one authored by a Democrat and the other by a Republican died in the legislature last year.