Fox News gloats about California’s Prop. 36 9:15 p.m. About 20 minutes after polls closed in California, Fox News threw its ...

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 ...

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

Initial results Tuesday showed Vancouver’s Proposition 4, which would raise property taxes to fund police, failing by a ...

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 ...

Alec Regimbal is a politics reporter at SFGATE. He graduated from Western Washington University with a bachelor's degree in ...

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

13, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. With Proposition 36 holding a strong lead in early returns and Los Angeles County on the verge of electing a new District Attorney, Long Beach’s local prosecutor ...

Proposition 36 will make it a felony for someone to steal merchandise of any value after two previous offenses and can lead ...