SAN JOSE, Calif. — An effort aimed at the November ballot to toughen drug and theft penalties loosened nearly a decade ago by California’s Proposition 47 got a boost Thursday when the mayors of the San Francisco Bay Area’s biggest cities signed on in support. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan and San Francisco Mayor London Breed added their names to backers of the proposed November 2024 Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act ballot measure being pushed by law enforcement officials, retail and business organizations and crime-victim advocates. The support from two of the Bay Area’s big c…
