2020 California Proposition 25

Proposition 25, officially the Referendum to Overturn a 2018 Law That Replaced Money Bail System with A System Based on Public Safety Risk, is a California ballot proposition that appeared on the ballot for the general election on November 3, 2020. The "no" side prevailed, resulting in retention of the system of cash bail in the state.

Proposition 25

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Referendum to Overturn a 2018 Law That Replaced Money Bail System with A System Based on Public Safety Risk
Results
Choice
Votes  %
Yes 7,232,380 43.59%
No 9,358,226 56.41%
Valid votes 16,590,606 93.28%
Invalid or blank votes 1,194,545 6.72%
Total votes 17,785,151 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 22,047,448 80.67%

The proposition was a veto-referendum that was placed on the ballot by the American Bail Coalition. Placed on the ballot via petition, it is a referendum on 2018's Senate Bill 10, which would have replaced the state's cash bail system with a risk assessment-based bail system, which uses an algorithm to determine whether a suspect should be released. SB 10 had been signed into law in August 2018, and had been scheduled to take effect on October 1, 2019.

A "yes" vote on Proposition 25 was to uphold the contested legislation to replace cash bail with risk assessments, and a "no" vote was to repeal the contested legislation, and continue the system of cash bail.

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