California voters passed Proposition 36, successfully rolling back parts of the preexisting Proposition 47 and strengthening the legal consequences for retail theft and drug-related crimes. In ...

Proposition 36 went into effect in December after a landslide victory at the ballot box. Among other things, the new law raises the stakes of everyday street crime: instead of misdemeanors for ...

Moderate Democrats like Umberg joined California Republicans and district attorneys throughout the state last year in supporting Proposition 36, believing that some of Prop. 47’s sentencing ...

Proposition 36 institutes several changes to the state penal code. Regarding serial theft, prosecutors are now allowed to widely aggregate multiple thefts to reach the $950 felony threshold that ...

36. It is fiscally smart, morally right, and overwhelmingly supported by the people of California. Voters don’t want more rhetoric.

Moderate Democrats like Umberg joined California Republicans and district attorneys throughout the state last year in supporting Proposition 36, believing that some of Prop. 47’s sentencing ...

State lawmakers, law enforcement, and victim advocates gathered at the California State Capitol on Wednesday to call for more funding for Proposition 36, specifically for court-mandated treatment ...

With overwhelming support, they passed Proposition 36 – a landmark measure that diverts low-level, nonviolent drug offenders away from jail and into court-supervised treatment programs that address ...