This year-long investigation by CBS News California investigative correspondent Julie Watts examines the many components of ...

California voters passed Proposition 36, successfully rolling back parts of the preexisting Proposition 47 and strengthening the legal consequences for retail theft and drug-related crimes. In just a ...

In 2024, CA voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36, which was designed to help combat issues surrounding theft and ...

Law enforcement agencies from all around the state, including the valley say they are making more arrests now that Proposition 36 has taken effect since Decembe ...

Sonora Police make their first arrest using Proposition 36, passed in November, to change what would have been a misdemeanor ...

CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about ...

Proposition 36 overhauls key parts of Proposition 47 that passed handily in 2014. A closer look at L.A. neighborhoods reveals where Proposition 36 and Hochman made headway and how opinions shifted ...

On Wednesday, district attorneys and law enforcement will unite to devise more effective ways to enforce the new law and ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Kern County is making its first use of Proposition 36, a new law passed in the last election aimed at increasing criminal penalties for repeat theft and drug offenders.

The Sacramento County district attorney’s office said that as of Tuesday afternoon, 54 people had been charged for retail ...

For the first time since Proposition 36 passed overwhelmingly — 68% to 32% — in November, Gov. Gavin Newsom publicly addressed the matter. At a press conference in crime-racked Oakland ...

A 42-year-old woman with prior theft convictions is the first suspect to be arrested by Sonora police under Proposition 36, a ...