When I think of prop 25, on the ballot this fall, I can’t help but think about prop 57 from 2016, & the law of unintended consequences. Here’s why: 1/

Prop 57, which constitutionally gives the CDCR authority to set parameters for time off for incarcerated ppl, has amounted to a de facto expansion of power for the Governor’s office 2/

Basically, you have a department of the executive branch setting regulations that go against their own budgetary interests. The larger the CDCR population, the larger the CDCR budget 3/

2nd, CDCR doesn’t believe in rehabilitation. Following the outbreak at SQ this year, CDCR expedited release for less than 1% of the ppl there, even though that prison has 100’s of self help groups & has been promoted by CDCR as the paragon of rehab 4/

3rd, legislators are reluctant to provide oversight over these problems, bc of prop 57. As a result, it falls to the Governor, in a state where decarceration makes them feel politically vulnerable 5/

Our prisons need major overhaul and a large scale reduction of a population which has grown due to systemic racism. That type of systemic change only occurs when 2-3 branches of gov work together 6/

So how does this relate to prop 25? This prop would save the bail industry & return us to a system that criminalizes poverty. That may be the necessary thing to do, given the problems with SB 10, but there will be unintended consequences