Deputy Public Defender Craig's attempt to reduce charges against her client was denied by Judge Rosenberg, with the accused facing one felony count for possession of hard drugs with two prior ...

Last year’s Proposition 36, which increased penalties on certain drug and property offenses, did so by convincing millions of voters that their initiative would help those struggling with ...

A suspect accused of trying to steal an air conditioner from Walmart has been charged with a felony as as a result of Proposition 36. Alejandrino Rios, 35 of Porterville, was arrested.

A serial local thief was found guilty by a Butte County jury on Tuesday for stealing from Home Depot due to the new Prop 36 ...

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

Eight hundred twenty-two felony cases. That is how many felony theft and drug cases the Kern County District Attorney’s ...

Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s opposition, lawmakers in California’s Capitol want to fund Proposition 36, the voter-approved theft and drug treatment measure. Supporters of the proposition have for ...

A what at first seemed like an ordinary traffic stop led to felony drug arrest in Chico.On Saturday, July 12, at ...

Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig has paused referrals to mental health and addiction intervention courts in favor of ...

Supporters of Proposition 36 argued it would connect repeat drug offenders with treatment to avoid jail time. Four months in, the county’s got a process to do that.

Tuolumne County Sheriff David Vasquez talked about narcotics, overdose deaths, staffing, California Proposition 36, and ...

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 ...