With the measure headed for victory. Southern California prosecutors say their goal is to protect residents and not to fill ...

Here's how California voted on statewide measures in the 2024 election, including Proposition 36 on retail theft and fentanyl ...

Now, certain drug offenses and thefts under $950 can be classified as felonies rather than misdemeanors if the suspected ...

Proposition 36, one of this year’s most high-profile and divisive ballot measures in California, has been approved by voters ...

California voters are projected by the Associated Press to approve a measure that would broadly increase penalties for ...

Frustrated with what they see as rampant retail crimes, voters approved an initiative making shoplifting a felony for repeat ...

The law will reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, creating a new category of crime called 'treatment-mandated felony.' ...

California passed Proposition 36 — a tough-on-crime measure that imposes harsher sentences on low-level offenses like drug ...

Proposition 36 supporters say it would help California address homelessness and retail theft. Critics of the 2024 ballot measure call it a return to failed policies.

Seeing how Kamala Harris was hoping to be the next president of the United States, you’d think that she wouldn’t be keeping ...

Supporters say Prop 36 is a way to combat homelessness since it would increase punishment for drug possession and force people into treatment. They also say California has a growing shoplifting ...