Will it stay or will it go? California voters decide fate of ‘momentous’ criminal justice law

Proposition 47 is back on the ballot, in yet another sign that crime will be a key topic this election year

California voters will get to decide whether a law that was heralded as a breakthrough in criminal justice reform will remain intact, the latest signal that anxieties and fear around crime has risen to the top of the state's political agenda in this election year.

A measure to undo much of Proposition 47, the landmark 2014 law that downgraded several non-violent felonies to misdemeanors, officially made it onto the ballot on Friday.