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Mike Garcia: “About ten to 15 years ago, there was a proposition on the…”

Featuring: Mike Garcia, Republican | Former U.S. House, California, District 27

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Mike Garcia Town Hall 06AUG24

Published | Video Starts at 1:25:37

There's people, and then there's the policies. And in the end, especially this crime issue is a product of the people who have put these policies in place. What happened was About ten to 15 years ago, there was a proposition on the ballot in California that would have allowed us to build more prisons. Okay? At the time, our population, this is probably more than that, probably 2025 years ago now, at the time, our population was roughly 30 million. Just shy of 30 million people stayed. (1:25:37–1:25:44)

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Asserts that a proposition to build more prisons was on the California ballot 10-15 years ago.

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