California lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom approved a $321.1 billion state budget for the 2025–26 fiscal year, which includes $114.6 billion in Proposition 98 funds for TK–14 public schools, $500 ...

A major gang crackdown sparks heated debate over juvenile justice, incarceration policies, and California support for law ...

According to a Facebook post, the presidents of the California State Sheriffs’ Association, the California District Attorneys ...

San Diego police data reveals that a third of people arrested for Proposition 36 drug and theft violations in the law’s ...

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

California lawmakers passed a $330 billion state budget and are sending it to Gov. Gavin Newsom before the July 1 fiscal ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — It appears state lawmakers and Governor Gavin Newsom have reached a new state budget deal after months of ...

Since Proposition 36 took effect on Dec. 18, 2025, the Yolo County District Attorney’s Office has filed 77 complaints alleging the newly enacted violation of Health and Safety Code section 11395, ...

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

State lawmakers from both parties are calling out Governor Gavin Newsom and leadership in the legislature over a lack of ...

Some California Republican lawmakers and law enforcement raised concerns over the funding of Prop 36.

Criminal justice advocates and public defenders have criticized Prop. 36, which reversed part of a voter-approved 2014 crime ...