Reform-minded San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has called the level of state funding for Prop. 36 behavioral health services a “joke ...

Implementing Proposition 36 is costing county government tens of millions of dollars at a time of major budget uncertainty.

The county sheriff’s office reports that the number of people in its jails has swelled since the state initiative seeking to ...

The unanimous vote also calls for more money for community-based treatment, case management and reentry support.

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

Out of more than 320 Proposition 36 drug cases in San Mateo County — where repeat offenders can seek treatment in lieu of ...

More than 13,000 people have been charged in LA, Orange and Riverside counties since the measure’s passage, mostly for repeat ...

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

It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Department 1203 at the Central Courthouse, and the man in the defendant’s chair is anxious. The next morning, he’ll be released from jail and expected to put his name on ...

A year has passed since Proposition 36 was implemented in California, and its effects are being evaluated. Shasta County ...