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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...