As California grapples with a surge in crime, the debate over how to address the issue has divided the state. Proposition 36, ...

The measure comes in response to an increase in high-profile “smash-and-grab” robberies and the fentanyl crisis.

Monday, Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal, District Attorney Stacey Eads, and supervisors Steve Madrone, Rex Bohn and ...

California voters are considering whether to roll back some of the criminal justice reforms enacted a decade ago as concerns ...

If passed, Prop. 36 would reverse Proposition 47, an extensive prison and sentencing reform measure. Since its adoption ...

Four Democrats running for governor in 2026 answer questions before the National Union of Healthcare Workers, even before ...

Once again California voters are facing a plethora of state initiatives to decide on issues ranging from increasing penalties ...

Here are the morning's top stories on Monday, September 30, 2024… One of the highest profile measures on California's ...

Marin County supervisors are throwing their support behind a state proposition that would ensure that revenue generated by a tax on managed care organizations is spent to increase the wages of ...

At the beginning of September, Oregon’s 3 1/2-year experiment with decriminalizing drugs came to an end as it reinstated some ...

It would cost California taxpayers billions each year and strip funding from critical crime prevention programs that keep communities safe and healthy, like mental health and drug treatment, housing ...

In California, Proposition 36 would add new penalties for drug and theft offenses and create new sentence enhancements. It ...