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Stockton accepts $8 million Prop 47 grant to expand diversion and violence-prevention programs

Stockton City Council · December 16, 2025
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Summary

The City of Stockton accepted an $8,000,000 Prop 47 grant to fund a three-year violence-prevention and diversion program focused on treatment, employment readiness and housing supports for people facing eligible offenses; CSU Stanislaus will perform independent evaluation.

The Stockton City Council on Dec. 16 authorized the city to accept $8,000,000 in state Prop 47 funds to expand diversion, treatment and reentry services across San Joaquin County.

Laura Larson, director of the Office of Violence Prevention, described the package as an effort to "replace incarceration with treatment and diversion," focusing on underlying drivers of violence such as unstable housing, untreated trauma and substance use. The grant will fund a countywide Redirect Project administered by the Office of Violence Prevention in partnership with Friends Outside, San Joaquin County…

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