Prosecutors are holding repeat offenders to a tougher standard the voters allowed when they passed Proposition 36.

According to a Facebook post, the presidents of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, the California District Attorneys ...

Criminal justice advocates and public defenders have criticized Prop. 36, which reversed part of a voter-approved 2014 crime ...

California lawmakers passed a $330 billion state budget and are sending it to Gov. Gavin Newsom before the July 1 fiscal ...

Early signs—including more than 1,000 felony theft arrests under Prop. 36—show that this law can deliver on those promises. But only if we give it the resources needed to succeed.

A major gang crackdown sparks heated debate over juvenile justice, incarceration policies, and California support for law ...

Prop. 36 is poised to do substantial harm to individuals, families, and communities. Raiding the Prop. 47 grant program to pay for Prop. 36 would deepen that harm.

Lawmakers passed the budget and most budget-related bills on to the Governor Friday, with just a handful left to pass Monday, ...

Prop. 36 simply pointed to two existing funding streams as a source of treatment dollars: 1) Proposition 47 grants, which reinvest the prison savings generated by a 2014 law easing penalties on ...

Prop. 36 is poised to do substantial harm to individuals, families, and communities. Raiding the Prop. 47 grant program to pay for Prop. 36 would deepen that harm.

Prop. 36 is poised to do substantial harm to individuals, families, and communities. Raiding the Prop. 47 grant program to pay for Prop. 36 would deepen that harm.