Letters: Suffering under Prop. 47

Re: “Prop. 47 a tough lesson in initiative’s weakness” [Opinion, July 30]: Former Assemblyman Mike Gatto explains some of the myriad problems with Prop. 47, especially how it has virtually eliminated punishment for so many crimes.
I wish he had referred to this wrong-headed proposition by the deceptive title used when voters were sold this bill of goods: “The Safe Neighborhood and Schools Act.” Except for those Californians who spend too much time in the statehouse