California voters will once again decide on the fate of Proposition 47. On Tuesday, the Secretary of State's Office said the initiative became eligible for the November 5 General Election after receiving enough valid petition signatures.Prop 47, which voters passed in 2014, loosened the penalties for drug and theft crimes in California and has been blamed for the state's rampant theft problems.
RELATED: In order to become eligible for the ballot, the initiative needed 546,651 valid petition signatures, and through random sampling, 652,100 were considered valid, exceeding the required threshold.Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber will certify the initiative as qualified on June 27. It also lowered the penalty for the personal use of most illegal drugs below a certain weight.