Claire Simonich, associate director of criminal justice nonprofit Vera California, which opposed Proposition 36, argues the ...

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 ...

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

Newsom has shown an insistence on snubbing his nose at super-majorities of Californians who supported Prop. 36,” writes Sen..

Lawmakers in Sacramento appear poised to pass two ambitious bills aimed at reforming California’s environmental review ...

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

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

Lawmakers passed the budget and most budget-related bills on to the Governor Friday, with just a handful left to pass Monday, ...

No one is being disenrolled from Medi-Cal — no one — and people still have another six months to sign up,” Sen. Scott Wiener ...

California state lawmakers are close to reaching a budget deal, but Governor Gavin Newsom has indicated he isn't satisfied.

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 ...