California voters sent a clear message Tuesday: They are sick and tired of crime. Proposition 36, the measure that increases ...

Supporters of Prop. 36 say it would help the state address homelessness, drug addiction and retail theft. Its critics call it ...

The U-T Editorial Board welcomes the landslide victory of Proposition 36 — the most significant result as of Tuesday night’s deadline for the completion of Wednesday’s Opinion page — ...

Prop. 36 is an attempt to unwind Prop. 47, a prop passed 10 years ago in an effort to reduce California's prison overcrowding ...

California voters are projected by the Associated Press to approve a measure that would broadly increase penalties for ...

Proponents said the initiative is necessary to close legal loopholes that have made it challenging for law enforcement to punish shoplifters and drug dealers.

California voters passed Proposition 36, the tough-on-crime initiative to make some shoplifting, drug offenses felonies.

Proposition 36 would make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders and increase penalties for some drug charges, including ...

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

Now, certain drug offenses and thefts under $950 can be classified as felonies rather than misdemeanors if the suspected ...

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed the measure, saying that “Prop 36 takes us back to the 1980s, mass incarceration — it promotes a promise that can’t be delivered.” ...