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   From: lying-aholes@mikelevin.org   
      
   SACRAMENTO, Calif. —   
   Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho, Elk Grove Mayor Bobbie Singh-Allen and   
   San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan will launch a new campaign to support Proposition   
   36, the ballot initiative that will ask California voters to increase   
   penalties for theft and drug    
   crimes.   
      
   The new campaign is called Common Sense for Safety, Yes on Prop 36.   
      
   Two sources inside the new campaign who shared the information exclusively   
   with KCRA 3 said it will be entirely separate from the Californians for Safer   
   Communities campaign, which is primarily a coalition of law enforcement groups   
   that have been at the    
   forefront of landing the issue on the ballot. Both campaigns will have the   
   same goal of passing Prop 36, but with different messaging for voters.   
      
   Critics of Prop 36 have tried to portray the Californians for Safer   
   Communities campaign as a conservative or Republican-led effort. Sources said   
   the new, separate campaign will provide an outlet for Democrats and   
   left-leaning donors to park their    
   support and money for the ballot initiative. Sources said the new campaign   
   will also target its spending and try to round up support in more urban areas   
   and larger cities to reach larger swaths of voters.   
      
   While the Democratic elected leaders will launch the new campaign, sources   
   said it will also include small business groups and others who may have been   
   hesitant to join the other campaign.   
      
   The new campaign marks a shift for Ho who has been part of the California   
   District Attorneys Association—a group that has been leading the   
   Californians for Safer Communities Campaign. Singh-Allen has also served as a   
   spokesperson for the Californians    
   for Safer Communities Campaign. Both will now solely dedicate their time to   
   the Common Sense for Safety group.   
      
   "As local leaders and the first lines of defense against crime, homelessness,   
   and the overdose epidemic, we strongly believe that the critical public safety   
   issues at stake with Proposition 36 must not be confined to partisan silos,"   
   Ho said in a joint    
   statement with Allen and Mahan in a news advisory about Wednesday's   
   announcement.   
      
   https://www.kcra.com/article/campaign-supporting-california-ball   
   t-initiative-on-theft-crime/61869517   
      
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