Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But ...

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

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

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

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

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

California voters approved Proposition 36 to roll back soft-on-crime policies in Proposition 47, raising penalties for some ...

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

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

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and several other Democrats oppose Proposition 36, saying it is a wrong-headed attempt at drug policy reform that would increase the prison population by tens of ...

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

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