Election results: Measure B (June 2012)
Result: Approved
“““““““`Votes /“““““`Percentage
Yes – 95,716 / 69.02%
No – 42,964 / 30.98%

The majority of voters also chose to reaffirm a Death Penalty in California – and even approved a proposition to speed up the Death Penalty process, but again an unaccountable (and hypocritical) politician decided to not follow the will of the voters.

2016 – Proposition 66 – Death Penalty Procedures
Result: Approved.
A “yes” vote supported changing the procedures governing state court appeals and petitions that challenge death penalty convictions and sentences, including requiring the amount of time that legal challenges to death sentences take to a maximum of five years.

2016 – Proposition 62 – Repeal of the Death Penalty
Result: Defeated
A “yes” vote supported Repealing the death penalty and making life without the possibility of parole the maximum punishment for murder.
A “no” vote opposed this measure repealing the death penalty.

On March 13, 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an executive order placing a moratorium on the death penalty.
Sleazy Gavin Newsom again went against the will of the voters and advocated for Violent Killers and ignored the Victims of Murder and the families of Murder Victims.

Liccardo is referring to Measure B. Measure B was Mayor Reed’s baby. Reed and Councilman Liccardo pushed hard for it to pass.

There were parts of Measure B that were struck down by a judge. Since both Reed and Liccardo had been attorneys, I’m surprised they didn’t know they would be struck down. Maybe they just didn’t care.

The SJPD website says a new officer will take home $105,000 and seven years later a top step officer will make $169,000. After paying taxes, contributing 19% to their own pension (I think), paying rent, contending with nearly 7% inflation (CPI 6.8)…how is this possible?

Buying a house? For getta about it. Can’t do it at SJPD.

We need to attract good officers to San Jose. We need more police (not more politicians). If you can’t afford to live here why would you come?

Sam is a goober. What is even more off the charts is housing prices. And on top of that? Daycare prices. And on top of that? Gas prices.

And have you gone out to eat lately? It’s like $80 for two people to eat pretty much anywhere that doesn’t sell a sandwich or burrito.

Sam is clearly detached from reality – and as a personal example – my households rent payment + daycare (1-child) = $5,200. We have another little one who needs daycare soon, too, which would push that cost up to about $7,200. Just for housing/daycare. Nothing else. What is the solution? We are moving the end of next year, and taking all the money we saved – and the places we are looking have better schools, a safer community and a 4 bdrm/3 bath homes with 0.75 acres for $600,000. This is a no-brainer, and why so many have left this area.

Now, Sam, someone who went to Bellarmine and grew up with silver spoons will never understand what the average person has to deal with just to maintain a roof, and keep the kids in school in an area like this. And yes, that goes for anyone making less than $200,000 who is single, and those making less than $350,000 who have children. It’s. That. Bad here. So you’re literally better off making $75,000 in most other cities, compared to the salary officers currently get here.

What is ‘unaffordable’ in the Bay Area and California are the worsening crime, graffiti, blight and vagrancy that lawmakers continue to support through Soft-on-Crime Policies, $0 Bails and Revolving Door Jails.

Support the Police and let them do their job – and when they do their job and arrest offenders – make sure they remain off the streets. There is little value of ‘More’ police and police enforcement if the police effort results in those arrested released before all the admin paperwork is even completed.

“CA has a particular problem: not only is cash bail being removed, but the state is governed by Proposition 47 of 2014, which makes retail thefts of up to $950 misdemeanors instead of felonies, meaning that few criminals are ever fully prosecuted.”

—–In LA 14 Looting Suspects Released on CA’s ‘$0.00 Bail’ Rule —–

“Sean Pritchard, president of the San Jose Police Officers Association, (said Prop 47) is
“an absolute assault on the safety of San Jose residents,”
after it allowed for the release of 2 homicide suspects who police believe are connected to a Halloween murder.”
“The (No Bail) policy allowed a (San Jose) car-theft suspect to be arrested 13 times in 12 weeks after repeated releases, according to the outlet.”