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 ...

County officials say they have cut inmate numbers by 14% over the past year, yet jails still operate at up to 145% capacity.

California passed Proposition 36 — a tough-on-crime measure that imposes harsher sentences on low-level offenses like drug ...

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

Mayors Matt Mahan of San Jose and Todd Gloria of San Diego were leading voices in support of Proposition 36. California still ...

It appears inmates in California will continue to work for little or no pay, as tallies released Thursday show voters opposed Proposition 6, a bid to change the state constitution to outlaw ...

Exploring the impact of Prop 36 in California: how this measure aims to increase penalties for certain drug and theft crimes.

As Katy Grimes of the California Globe notes, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats had 10 years to deal with ...