The Kern County Board of Supervisors is set to accept an $8 million state grant to provide substance use and mental health ...

When Californians backed Proposition 36 — a ballot initiative requiring stiffer penalties on some theft offenses and mandating treatment for some repeat drug crimes — last November with 70% of the ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Last year, California voters backed Proposition 36 to crack down on repeat drug and theft ...

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 ...

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 have only been about a dozen ...

Sign up for The Morning Report with all your must-read news for the day. Since Californians decided it was time to get tough on crime, San Diego has started putting ...

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 ...

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 ...