One item not mentioned at all in the state budget is causing a stir for some conservative lawmakers and law enforcement ...

LA County DA Hochman reports over a thousand arrests since Proposition 36's implementation to combat retail theft.

California’s top prosecutors are urging legislators to fulfill the will of the people by funding the drug treatment that is a ...

The sentencing reform initiatives calls for drug treatment as an alternative to more incarceration. Democrats appear in no ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Wednesday hailed what he called the success of the tough-on-crime Proposition 36.

He is being absolutely recalcitrant because the voters didn’t vote the way he wanted them to and the way he told them to,” said one Republican lawmaker.

The convenience store on Olympic Boulevard was targeted by theft 12 times in recent weeks. Owner Jawad Ursani said the same ...

Supporters of Proposition 36 argued it would connect repeat drug offenders with treatment to avoid jail time. Four months in, ...

In passing Proposition 36 — the Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act — last November, with 68% of the votes ...

Less than year after Proposition 36 was passed by California voters in a landslide, local law enforcement says that it's giving them a leg up in cracking down on retail theft. The law, which went ...

Under Proposition 36, which passed with nearly 70% of the vote in November, anyone convicted of a third theft can be charged with a felony and sentenced to up to three years in prison, regardless ...