Prop 36, which California voters passed in November, increased some shoplifting offenses from misdemeanors to felonies in an effort to crack down on robberies and burglaries. Hochman said the ...

The revised budget that Governor Gavin Newsom released Wednesday does not include direct funding for Proposition 36 — just ...

The DA says, if it hadn’t been for Prop 36, he would have faced only a misdemeanor charge. In this past November general ...

The governor is calling for closure of an unspecified prison as a cost-saving measure. The state’s inmate population is down ...

California State Senator Tony Strickland is slamming Governor Gavin Newsom for not funding Proposition 36 in his recent ...

Three men who have repeatedly stolen from stores in Kern County were recently sentenced to prison in separate cases, each convicted of felonies under changes to ...

The Kern County District Attorney's Office announced that a man has been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison ...

Faced with a $12 billion budget deficit for the upcoming fiscal year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed substantial cuts to healthcare initiatives in a revised budget plan. The May Revision, ...

Proposition 36, a crime and drug treatment initiative passed by California voters, has been met with resistance from Governor ...

The sentencing reform initiatives calls for drug treatment as an alternative to more incarceration. Democrats appear in no ...

Arizona manager Torey Lovullo was ejected in the eighth inning of the Diamondbacks game at San Francisco on Wednesday, and ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for closing another prison as part of his newly revised budget proposal. If that ...