By Susan Sher In his weekly “The Observer” column in the Sunday,3 UDJ edition, Jim Shields glibly proclaims that the Ukiah City Council “chicken[ed] out on Prop. 36,” a November voter ...

Rising retail theft over the past several years, often done by organized crime, has California voters more inclined to repeal ...

Propositions and Congressional races may affect millions of people and decide who controls the House of Representatives.

The $1-million donation by the Prop. 36 campaign to the California GOP obliterates any claim of bipartisanship behind the ...

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Living in a democratic republic is hard if you want to be a responsible citizen, because studying the candidates and issues ...

Proposition 36 will give California voters the chance to allow felony charges for serial thieves and shoplifters with a ...

CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about ...

Prop 36 asks California voters to enhance the penalties for some drug and theft crimes, primarily targeting repeat thieves and fentanyl dealers.

Proposition 36 allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 if a defendant has two prior drug ...

According to an analysis by the Legislative Analyst, passage of Proposition 36 would increase state criminal justice costs, likely ranging from several tens of millions of dollars to the low hundreds ...