California Three Strikes Law: Proposition 66

September 1, 2004 California's Proposition 66: Amending Three Strikes Law  This initiative measure amends sections of the Penal Code and amends a section of the Welfare and Institutions Code. Since its enactment, Proposition 184 has been used to enhance the sentences of more than 35,000 persons who did not commit a serious and/or violent crime against another person, at a cost to taxpayers of more than eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000) per year . . .