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Council pauses on Proposition 36 position, continues review for 30 days after wide-ranging testimony
Summary
Following testimony from a supervising judge, treatment staff and council members, the City Council voted to continue consideration of a city position on Proposition 36 for 30 days to allow further review and public discussion.
The Los Angeles City Council on Sept. 12 voted to continue consideration of a city position on Proposition 36, a statewide ballot measure addressing diversion and treatment for certain drug possession offenses, for 30 days.
Judge Michael Tynan, supervising judge of the county drug courts, told the council he believes the initiative "is a thinly disguised attempt to decriminalize simple possession" and warned that the drug court graduates he oversees benefited from the threat of incarceration as a sanction. "None of these 12 people would have…
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