California Attorney General Rob Bonta on Thursday would not take a position on Proposition 36, despite being a major ...

Prop 36 asks California voters to enhance the penalties for some drug and theft crimes, primarily targeting repeat thieves and fentanyl dealers.

Proposition 36 allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 if a defendant has two prior drug ...

By Carmen Elena L’Annunziata Monge On October 2nd a group of California-based grassroots organizations, with representatives ...

Supporters of a proposition to ban forced labor in California prisons believe they have a strong message centered on ...

Gavin Newsom is the most prominent critic of Proposition 36, a measure on the November ballot that would increase sentences ...

Lookout and nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet CalMatters hosted an event Wednesday at Bookshop Santa Cruz to help educate ...

OPINION- This summer, I had the privilege of touring the Orange County Sheriff Department’s jail facilities. The work they are doing to strike a balance between delivering heavy-handed justice ...

The state of California needs to abandon the Pandemic-era failed experiment with emptying its jails via “catch-and-release” policies that allow crooks and criminal misfits to avoid incarceration.

A virtual discussion hosted by the Sacramento Bee focused on some of the year’s most attention-grabbing ballot props.

Prop. 36 reforms a 10-year-old law, called Proposition 47, which was enacted in 2014 to reclassify many non-violent drug and property crimes as misdemeanors,” writes San Jose Mayor ...

Prop 36 critics describe it as a misguided War On Drugs 2.0 that will exacerbate prison overcrowding and cost hundreds of ...