Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m Wendy Fry. Californians are set to vote next month on Proposition 36, which ...
San Francisco Mayor London Breed, the California District Attorneys Association, and the California State Sheriffs’ ...
Prop 36 critics describe it as a misguided War On Drugs 2.0 that will exacerbate prison overcrowding and cost hundreds of ...
Ten years ago, California voters passed Proposition 47 which reclassified some crimes as misdemeanors instead of felonies.
By Carmen Elena L’Annunziata Monge On October 2nd a group of California-based grassroots organizations, with representatives ...
Proponents of Proposition 36 call it the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act,” yet it will create no new ...
Today’s fears lie with the very real opioid crisis, and today’s prejudices with unhoused people. Drug warriors capitalize on ...
Prop 36 or "The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction Act" would revert Prop 47 to allow for tougher ...
Among other goals, Prop. 47 sought to reduce the population in California’s badly overcrowded prisons. It worked. Within two ...
OPINION- This summer, I had the privilege of touring the Orange County Sheriff Department’s jail facilities. The work they are doing to strike a balance between delivering heavy-handed justice ...
Prop 36 asks California voters to enhance the penalties for some drug and theft crimes, primarily targeting repeat thieves and fentanyl dealers.
Proposition 36 allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 if a defendant has two prior drug ...