California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday that he and fellow Democratic leaders in the state legislature are attempting to negotiate a Proposition 47 reform measure off the November ballot, but Republican leaders affirmed their support for voters to determine if parts of the initiative should be repealed.

Prop 47, which was approved by voters in 2014, made several crimes — including shoplifting, grand theft and receiving stolen property — a misdemeanor instead of a felony if the value of the property did not exceed $950. It also lowered the penalty for the personal use of most illegal drugs below a certain weight.

The initiative has been blamed by law enforcement, businesses and others for the rise in theft in California, according to KCRA.

"There’s a lot of moving parts, a lot of negotiations concurrently happening," Newsom told reporters on Friday. "Prop 47 is included."

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The governor and some Democrats have said they do not support the bipartisan effort to amend Prop 47. Newsom and legislative leaders are pushing some public safety bills circulating through the state Capitol that attempt to address organized retail theft, car break-ins and other crimes, after residents in the state voiced their concerns about the rise in crime.

The Prop 47 reform initiative is likely to make it onto the ballot, according to recent data from the California Secretary of State's office. Proponents of the reform gathered 910,000 signatures supporting the ballot measure, although the signatures are still being verified.

Some Democrat lawmakers plan to add inoperability clauses into the public safety bills to prevent them from going into effect if voters approve the Prop 47 reforms, according to KCRA. Some Democrats said this is to ensure there are not any inconsistencies in the law, a claim the campaign seeking to reform Prop 47 rejected on Friday.

Republicans are calling this plan a "poison pill." Republican leaders wrote a letter to Democrat leaders on Thursday announcing their opposition to "poison pills" that include repealing retail theft bills should voters adopt Prop 47 reforms.

"To combat the California crime wave, we need to strengthen our laws, both in the Legislature and at the ballot box," Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones said in a statement. "It's irresponsible to force voters into a false choice between the two. Unfortunately, some Democrat politicians are too prideful to admit their mistake with Prop 47 and they continue to deny the desperate need for reform. The Democrats’ poison pill amendments are a cynical attempt to mislead voters and prevent the necessary overhaul of our broken laws."

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Newsom declined to say if he would sign the legislation if it includes the inoperability clauses. When asked if he was not confident that voters would reject the measure if it makes it onto the November ballot, the governor said he does not believe it is necessary to have it on the ballot.

"Why have something on the ballot that doesn't actually achieve the goals that are intended? Why do something that can be done legislatively, with more flexibility? I think it's a better approach," he said.

The ballot initiative would change Prop 47 to enhance penalties for repeat thieves, requiring people who steal for a third time to spend up to three years in prison. The measure would also classify the possession of fentanyl as a felony.

"Democrats need to stop playing politics with public safety and let voters decide on fixing Prop. 47," Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher said in a statement. "These poison pills show that Democrats aren't serious about ending the crime wave – they just want to look like they’re doing something because their years-long support for criminals has become a political liability."

Democrat Senate Pro Tempore Mike McGuire has said the measure is unnecessary, and that the legislative public safety package is the better choice.

"If you want a set of laws that will blunt retail theft, this plan is exactly what's needed in this state," McGuire said. "That’s why these bills are supported by law enforcement, firefighters, retailers, store owners and trusted local leaders. These 14 bills that will move next week aren’t about partisan politics, they’re about keeping the people of California safe."

California's secretary of state has until June 27 to certify the November ballot, which means Democrat leaders have just weeks to attempt to negotiate the measure off the ballot.

A clip of liberal comedian Chelsea Handler saying that 50 Cent "cannot vote" for former President Donald Trump during 2020 because he is Black sparked a snarky response from Sen. Tim Scott this week.

Sen. Scott, R-S.C, hit back at Handler in a social media post on Friday, saying, "tell another Black man how to think."

"Yes, by all means, please tell another Black man how to think, White lady," Scott wrote.

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The comedian made the comments about the rapper, 50 Cent, who she briefly dated in 2011, during a remote interview with Jimmy Fallon on the Tonight Show in 2020.

"And I had to remind him that he was a Black person, so he can't vote for Donald Trump," she told Fallon. 

The comedian argued that the rapper had a responsibility to not influence people to vote for Trump in 2020.

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"He shouldn't be influencing an entire swathe of people who may listen to him, because he's worried about his own personal pocketbook," she said. 

Scott previously pushed against the narrative that Black people should vote for Democrats, recently calling out "The View" after they mocked him for his leadership in bringing Black voters over to the Republican Party.

"Women of "The View": My goodness gracious. Let me just be plain and simple. Without the Black vote, there is no Democratic Party," Scott told "Hannity." "And since I was elected in 2010 to Congress, before that, no Black Republicans [in Congress]. But since then, there's been seven." 

Scott said, "President Trump's policies have led to a surge" of Black Republican political candidates taking office at the "city level, to the county level, to the state level, and in Congress." 

"We're seeing Black city council members, we're seeing Black assembly members all across this nation," he said. "There is a wave of Black elected officials who happen to be Republicans. But the Black vote is following." 

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin had said Friday that Scott was not making a strong case for Black conservatives. Scott got under Hostin's skin last year when he rejected her beliefs on the show about systemic racism.

"Just to speak for African-American voters," Hostin said. "If anyone thinks that Tim Scott is going to bring over a bunch of Black men, they need to just get with it, because Tim Scott is the only African-American senator in the Republican Party for a reason." 

Scott is one of several candidates that former President Trump is reportedly considering as his running mate in the 2024 election. 

Scott ran for the Republican nomination but dropped out before the Iowa caucuses and went on to endorse Trump.

Fox News' Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report.