California’s efforts to mend its broken criminal justice system have had some unwelcome side effects, but Proposition 20 opts for the hatchet over a holistic approach.

The measure looks to lessen or reverse several of the state’s recently implemented criminal justice reforms. Most notably Propositions 47 and 57, which reduced certain nonviolent felonies like personal drug possession (but not sales) to misdemeanors and increased parole opportunities for nonviolent criminals. Proponents of the new measure claim this is necessary to address critical defects in those reforms, which have caused a rise in certain crimes like shoplifting and petty theft.