County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity.

California voters have passed Proposition 36, the Associated Press projects, approving changes that will roll back criminal ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed Proposition 36. He claims it will bring California back to the 1980s when mass ...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed the measure, saying that “Prop 36 takes us back to the 1980s, mass ...

This proposition would allow for felony charges for certain drug and theft crimes if the defendant has two prior convictions ...

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

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday declined to say how she voted on Proposition 36, a California ballot initiative that ...

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

Regardless, it appears likely Mahan has backed a winner. According to an October poll by the Public Policy Institute of ...

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

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

It is clear they are closely watching now and aware of voter frustrations. Newsom and Democratic leaders in the Legislature ...