La Prensa San Diego
October 31, 2008

Proposition 5. Nonviolent Drug Offenses, Sentencing, Parole and Rehabilitation:

Shall $460,000,000 be allocated annually to improve and expand treatment programs?

The State of California has the 3rd largest prison population in the United States is overcrowded, cannot provide basic services to the inmates, and is costing the taxpayer billions of dollars each year to keep all these prisoners locked up. Prop. 5 offers an alternative to locking up non-violent drug offenders by providing drug treatment programs for minors and rehabilitation programs.

We need to find an alternative to locking up these non-violent offenders while reducing the prison population and the associated expense.

We recommend a Yes Vote on Prop. 5