CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about ...

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

A “yes” vote would institute harsher penalties for some minor theft and drug crimes, including drug possession.

Proponents of Proposition 36 call it the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act,” yet it will create no new ...

Ten years ago, California voters passed Proposition 47 which reclassified some crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies.

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 ...

Proposition 36 will give California voters the chance to allow felony charges for serial thieves and shoplifters with a sentence of three years behind bars.

California’s shortage of treatment beds is well documented. A 2022 report by California’s Department of Health Care Services ...

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

Among other goals, Prop. 47 sought to reduce the population in California’s badly overcrowded prisons. It worked. Within two ...

Prosecutors, police and big box retailers have blamed Prop 47 for an increase in property crimes. Prop. 36 is their attempt ...