One item not mentioned at all in the state budget is causing a stir for some conservative lawmakers and law enforcement ...

His early January budget proposal included no extra money for treatment, probation or other court-related costs incurred by ...

He is being absolutely recalcitrant because the voters didn’t vote the way he wanted them to and the way he told them to,” said one Republican lawmaker.

Supporters of Proposition 36 argued it would connect repeat drug offenders with treatment to avoid jail time. Four months in, ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Wednesday hailed what he called the success of the tough-on-crime Proposition 36.

LA County DA Hochman hailed Prop 36 for deterring retail theft. The announcement was made outside a 7-Eleven that has been ...

Nearly five months ago, law enforcement authorities across San Diego County started enforcing Proposition 36, which aimed to ...

SB 319 would require the state to track the costs of mandated treatment programs for addicted and/or mentally ill people ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed closing another prison in his revised budget proposal. Newsom didn’t specify which prison could be ...

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for ...

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for a fifth.