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A majority of Californians support harsher penalties for repeat theft and fentanyl-related offenses as crime in the state weighs on residents, according to a poll released Friday by the Los Angeles Times. Around 56% of Californians agree with the proposed ballot measure Proposition 36, which would make theft under $950 a felony instead of a misdemeanor if the person has two or more previous theft-related charges and mandates treatment for people who are caught with drugs and have two or more past drug convictions, according to the University of California at Berkeley Institute of Governmental …