California voters will soon decide whether to reclassify certain theft and drug penalties under Proposition 36.

A ballot measure that will increase the penalties for low-level thefts and drug possession has overwhelming support from ...

Requiring two-thirds support to pass local taxes for parks, housing, transportation and other public investments is ...

A new statewide poll in California found that nearly three-quarters of Golden State residents support Proposition 36, a ...

Around California, thousands of men and women have been helped by Prop. 47-funded programs in remaking their lives. State ...

Opponents say that if it passes, patients, workers, and programs they care about could lose millions of dollars in this ...

A new poll from a San Francisco-based think tank showed overwhelming voter support for Prop 36, a tough-on-crime measure. An ...

California officials cut billions from ambitious climate programs to offset an unexpected budget deficit. Now they hope ...

The measure would alter critical parts of Proposition 47, a ballot measure that voters overwhelmingly passed in 2014. A new ...

Proponents of Prop. 36 like to blame Prop. 47 for the increase in the threshold at which theft crimes can be charged as ...

Hispanic audiences in the U.S. increasingly turn to social media for news, but these platforms are plagued by disinformation.

Worries about retail theft and fentanyl deaths shaped a November ballot measure that would toughen some criminal penalties.