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

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

California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot measure ... steal merchandise of any value after two previous ...

Opponents argue that changing the rules on prison work is a form of reparation that isn’t affordable during a time when the ...

The election marked a referendum on progressive politics in the criminal justice system — particularly after the 2022 recall ...

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 ...

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

(Tribune News Service) — A California man was sentenced on Monday, Nov. 4 to a year in prison after pleading guilty in hoaxes ...

California Proposition 36 would roll back some of the reforms contained in Proposition 47, the 2014 measure approved by ...

A former K-9 officer allegedly kept illegal items to plant and "find" in detention facilities as part of a scheme to inflate his success and earn extra pay.

Leonard Glenn Francis, known as Fat Leonard, bribed Navy officials with cash and luxury goods in exchange for over $30 ...