One item not mentioned at all in the state budget is causing a stir for some conservative lawmakers and law enforcement ...

The sentencing reform initiatives calls for drug treatment as an alternative to more incarceration. Democrats appear in no ...

California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36 on Tuesday. The law will reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, creating a new category of crime called 'treatment ...

Nearly 70% of Californians voted in favor of proposition 36 last year.  “Prior to Proposition 36, you could be arrested, ...

Deputies arrested Zambalist Pritchard for theft with priors at a Rancho Cucamonga Target under Proposition 36.

Proposition 36, a crime and drug treatment initiative passed by California voters, has been met with resistance from Governor ...

Fresno County officials are concerned that Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revise did not include state funding for the ...

LA County DA Hochman reports over a thousand arrests since Proposition 36's implementation to combat retail theft.

Supporters of Proposition 36 argued it would connect repeat drug offenders with treatment to avoid jail time. Four months in, ...

Less than year after Proposition 36 was passed by California voters in a landslide, local law enforcement says that it's giving them a leg up in cracking down on retail theft. The law, which went ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Wednesday hailed what he called the success of the tough-on-crime Proposition 36.