Crime has been a see-saw issue in California for most of the last 40 years. Leniency was the vogue for awhile recently. But ...

"All the people in prison that I know want to work. We just want to do it on our own terms," writes Steve Brooks.

California lawmakers agreed to put Proposition 6 on the ballot at the urging of criminal justice advocates. Since 2018, at ...

There’s no doubt that the will of the voters, both in the state and especially in our county, points to strong prosecutions ...

Letters include highlighting one person's courage during the Mountain Fire; and that Californians voted for our values by ...

Proposition 36, known as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act,” has received an overwhelming show of ...

The measure, though, was approved by voters this past week. The ACLU added, “Now that California voters have approved Prop 36, it is up to the mayors, supervisors, prosecutors and law enforcement ...

Criminal justice policy advocates caution against viewing the election results as a referendum against reform.

Exploring the impact of Prop 36 in California: how this measure aims to increase penalties for certain drug and theft crimes.

Californians took the law into their own hands this Election Day, using their collective voice to shut down the soft-on-crime ...

Three days after the historic election, the results of only a couple of state ballot measures were out as of Friday. The ...