Breaking Down Prop 36 | 2022 Measure L Youth Funding | What’s Up with Trader Joe’s Parking?

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Breaking down California’s tough-on-crime measure Prop 36. Also, an update on the 2022 voter-approved Sacramento Children's Fund: Measure L. Finally, the parking lot saga at Trader Joe’s.

Breaking Down Prop 36

Prop 36 is a tough-on-crime measure on California’s November ballot. If it passes, it would roll back some pieces of Prop 47 — a decade-old criminal justice reform measure — and raise penalties for some theft and drug-related crimes. It’s billed as a way to curb retail theft and homelessness. But the measure has divided Democrats, opponents argue Prop 36 would cause the state to regress back to over policing instead of moving forward with evidence-based solutions. CapRadio Politics Reporter Megan Myscofski joins Insight to provide a breakdown of the arguments behind Prop 36.

2022 Measure L Youth Funding

In 2022, Sacramento voters approved Measure L to create a children’s fund for programs benefiting youth most impacted by poverty, violence and trauma. The fund uses general fund money that is equivalent to 40% of the annual estimated cannabis business tax revenue. After nearly two years, the city council passed the first spending plan. The fund is overseen by a nine-person advisory committee and in partnership with the city’s youth advisory commission. Monica Ruelas Mares is the Chair of Sacramento Children's Fund Planning & Oversight Commission and coordinator of the Sac Kids First Coalition. Shannon Williams is part of the Measure L advisory committee and Executive Director of the Institute for Social Research at Sacramento State. Reyes Rios is with the Sacramento Youth Coalition. They join Insight with an update on Sacramento Children's Fund: Measure L.

What’s Up with Trader Joe’s Parking?

If you’ve been to Trader Joe’s you likely have a love-hate relationship with the first leg of the trip - finding parking. Your Neighborhood Grocery Store is notoriously known for a parking lot that is a fraction of its popularity. CapRadio reporters Gerardo Zavala and Kate Wolffe did a little digging about the gridlock at the Trader Joe’s along Folsom Boulevard in Sacramento and join us with more on why the annex parking lot was mysteriously closed