BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Kern County Board of Supervisors is set to accept an $8 million state grant to provide ...

The most essential role of government is public safety. When state leaders, like Gov. Gavin Newsom, fail to fund what voters mandated, they fail that basic duty.

Prosecutors in three Southern California counties have charged more than 13,000 people under Proposition 36, the tougher-on-crime law passed overwhelmingly a year ago this week, according to data ...

Last November, California voters approved Proposition 36, a ballot initiative that backers promised would usher in “a new era of mass treatment” for people struggling with addiction by creating a new ...

Proposition 36 was approved just one year ago, yet its detractors are already calling it a failure and urging its repeal. This is despite overwhelming support from California voters, who passed the ...