Prop. 47 savings going where intended at last

Countering decades of increasingly draconian and expensive penalties for low-level, non-violent offenses, Proposition 47 offered Californians a compelling alternative.
By reducing a handful of drug and property offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, the state could save hundreds of millions of dollars in incarceration and court costs and invest those savings into rehabilitation and crime prevention efforts.
Upon voter approval in 2014, the first component has since gone into effect. According t