A ballot measure that will roll back some of California's most controversial soft-on-crime policies has overwhelmingly passed in the deep blue state. Proposition 36, the Homelessness, Drug Addiction ...

California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36 on Tuesday. The law will reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, creating a new category of crime called 'treatment ...

California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36 to increase punishments for some theft and drug possession offenses. With more than 40% of the votes counted, over 5 million voters said "Yes ...

Progressive district attorneys and advocates who claimed the mantle of criminal justice reform were routed on election day in ...

Voters’ views changed on public safety after the COVID-19 pandemic. Why now: Proposition 36 passed overwhelmingly Tuesday night. It led 70% to 30% early Wednesday. What it does: Prop.

The outcome of the state’s Proposition 36 reflected a backlash to light penalties for shoplifting and drug-related crimes — and it passed despite opposition from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The measure partly rolls back a progressive law passed by voters in 2014 that downgraded ... we’re going to be a lot worse off than we were before.” Prop 36 would roll back a ten-year-old ...

Californians easily passed Proposition 36 Tuesday night, with more than two-thirds voting to strengthen penalties for retail and drug crimes that were downgraded a decade ago.

LISA, LET’S START WITH PROPOSITION 36, WHICH ASKED VOTERS TO RAMP UP THE CONSEQUENCES FOR FENTANYL AND THEFT RELATED CRIMES. IT TURNS SOME MISDEMEANORS INTO FELONIES, SO THIS HAS PASSED ...

A ballot measure that will roll back some of California's most controversial soft-on-crime policies has overwhelmingly passed ...