On November 4, 2014, California voters passed Proposition 47, a law that changed certain low-level crimes from potential felonies to misdemeanors. The savings from reduced incarceration costs were to be invested into drug and mental health treatment and other programs.

In 2017 the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) granted 23 applicants $103,000,000 to develop programs, including four grantees from Los Angeles city and county. In 2019 the BSCC granted 23 applicants $96,000,000 to develop programs, including five grantees from Los Angeles city and County.

The Prop 47 Joint Local Advisory Committee is convened by the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Office of Diversion and Reentry and the Mayor’s Office of Reentry, as recipients of Prop 47 funding, and seeks to promote transparency, accountability and collaboration between grantees themselves as well as all stakeholders, centered on those in the community most impacted by the criminal justice system.

In addition to these summary reports please also check out the JLAC dashboard (and orientation video).