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

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

With the measure headed for victory. Southern California prosecutors say their goal is to protect residents and not to fill ...

Frustrated with what they see as rampant retail crimes, voters approved an initiative making shoplifting a felony for repeat ...

California voters approved Prop 36 this election, weighing in on a measure aimed at reversing certain criminal policies under ...

Proposition 36, one of this year’s most high-profile and divisive ballot measures in California, has been approved by voters ...

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

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

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

The combined results are a clear signal that even in liberal California, voters are pushing back on some of the criminal ...

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