The 2024 election elicited mixed responses from California voters, with some people elated at the victory of President-elect Donald Trump and the passage of a measure to increase penalties for some crimes, while others said the results were less than thrilling.
With the passage of Proposition 36—ultimately approved by a wide margin of voters to strengthen penalties for repeat offenders of some drug and theft crimes—and the defeat of proposals that could have raised taxes, one voter said the electorate’s priorities are clear.
“We sent a message to Sacramento that we don’t want a high crime, high tax state,” longtime Central Valley resident Will Smith told The Epoch Times after poll results started coming in late on Nov. 5. “People are fed up with the way the state’s been run.”…