Sacramento Sheriff Jim Cooper, speaking for the sheriff's association, says the number for the Proposition 36 funding is a ...

California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo submitted a formal budget request letter to further fund the implementation of ...

State lawmakers, law enforcement, and victim advocates gathered at the California State Capitol on Wednesday to call for more funding for Proposition 36, specifically for court-mandated treatment ...

“Counties can’t implement Prop. 36 without the full support of the state,” Graham Knaus, executive director of the California State Association of Counties, said in a statement.

Supporters of Prop 36 say it promised safer streets and treatment, but without more funding, the law may fail to deliver what ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — When California voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to toughen penalties for low-level theft and drug crimes last November, it became law without any funding to ...

Criminal justice advocates and public defenders have criticized Prop. 36, which reversed part of a voter-approved 2014 crime reform law, as a punitive measure that will lead to overcrowded prisons and ...

When California voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot measure to toughen penalties for low-level theft and drug crimes last November, it became law without any funding to cover ...

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 ...