Proposition 36 won't end homelessness or crime waves. It will only refill prisons, push more people to the streets and erase ...

We need restorative justice initiatives that focus on family reunification in rehabilitation programs, investment in reentry ...

Californians will decide the fate of Proposition 36, a measure that seeks to increase punishments for some theft and drug ...

The Public Policy Institute of California conducted the poll, which found most Californians favoring several other ...

Nearly three-quarters of likely voters said that they will vote “yes” on the ballot measure to reimpose felony charges for ...

A ballot measure that will increase the penalties for low-level thefts and drug possession has overwhelming support from ...

Under the 2014 measure, someone can conduct a series of thefts each under $950, and the repetitive pattern cannot be used by prosecutors to elevate the crime to a felony,” writes the ...

Much of the Proposition 36 debate has focused on the increased penalties for shoplifting, but the drug policy changes are ...

Prop. 36 will not help house anyone, improve access to mental health or substance use treatment, or reduce retail theft,” writes Carolina Valle in a Guest Commentary. “Instead, ...

Making law — especially when it’s being made at the ballot box — is like watching a pendulum swing. Sometimes the proposed “reforms” swing too much one way. But never fear, other proposed reforms will ...

Proposition 36 on the November ballot is a state initiative that would increase penalties for drug crimes and theft.

Proposition 36 qualified for the November ballot in California with more than 900,000 signatures.