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

California voters have passed Proposition 36, the Associated Press projects, approving changes that will roll back criminal ...

California voters approved Proposition 36 to roll back soft-on-crime policies in Proposition 47, raising penalties for some crimes, including theft and drug offenses.

Californians will decide the fate of Proposition 36, a measure that seeks to increase punishments for some theft and drug ...

Live election results for California's Prop 36, which would increase penalties for theft and drug trafficking.

California voters approved a ballot measure that will impose stricter penalties for repeat theft and crimes involving ...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday declined to say how she voted on Proposition 36, a California ballot initiative that ...

Under current California law, thefts of items worth $950 or less are generally classified as misdemeanors. The value threshold was raised from $400 when voters passed Proposition 47 in 2014 ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan also joined the effort to partially repeal Proposition 47. The California District Attorneys Association, the Los Angeles Police Protective League and the California ...

Proposition 47 also reclassified some felony drug offenses ... calling it a "meaningful difference for cities across California." But Gov. Gavin Newsom remained staunchly opposed to the effort ...

Proposition 36, one of this year’s most high-profile and divisive ballot measures in California, has been approved by voters. The law will enact harsher penalties for repeat theft and drug ...

Proposition 47 also reclassified some felony drug offenses as misdemeanors ... calling it a "meaningful difference for cities across California." But Gov. Gavin Newsom remained staunchly opposed to ...