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Sponsored by the California District Attorneys Assn. and bankrolled by big box retailers, the measure partially rolls back the sentence-softening Proposition 47 that voters approved overwhelmingly 10 years ago.

The rightward shift was bankrolled on both sides of the Bay by tech titans and wealthy investors who are relatively new to local politics.

The independent campaigns bankrolled by giant tech companies, labor unions, law enforcement organizations and other major players at the state Capitol may sway the struggle between liberal and moderate lawmakers within the Legislature’s Democratic supermajority.

On Tuesday, Thao is facing a recall election, bankrolled in large part by a wealthy hedge fund manager who lives just outside of Oakland in the small city of Piedmont.

Proposition 36, sponsored by the California District Attorneys Assn. and bankrolled by big retailers such as Walmart, partially rolls back the sentence-softening Proposition 47 that voters passed overwhelmingly 10 years ago.