Prosecutors in three Southern California counties have charged more than 13,000 people under Proposition 36, the ...

One year after California voters passed Proposition 36, Los Angeles County Public Defender Ricardo Garcia has warned that the ...

Last year, California voters backed Proposition 36 to crack down on repeat drug and theft offenders and try to direct those ...

Out of more than 320 Proposition 36 drug cases in San Mateo County — where repeat offenders can seek treatment in lieu of incarceration and a felony conviction — there ...

Prop 36 proponents promised safety, accountability, and mass treatment. California’s getting more mass incarceration instead.

As advocates for crime victims across the state, we thought policymakers had finally realized that political rhetoric, ...

On the campaign website of proposition proponents, it said, “By requiring treatment for those with a pattern of repeat drug ...

Sacramento District Attorney Thien Ho joins other locally elected Democrats to speak in favor of Proposition 36 on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. One year after California’s Prop. 36 passed, promised mass ...

Sometimes plans made with the best intentions don’t pay off when you do the numbers. The thing to do then is not to throw your hands up in despair, but to analyze what has gone wrong, and fix it. Such ...

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 ...