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

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

California State Senator Tony Strickland is slamming Governor Gavin Newsom for not funding Proposition 36 in his recent ...

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.

Proposition 36, a crime and drug treatment initiative passed by California voters, has been met with resistance from Governor ...

The revised budget that Governor Gavin Newsom released Wednesday does not include direct funding for Proposition 36 — just ...

His early January budget proposal included no extra money for treatment, probation or other court-related costs incurred by ...

Fresno County officials are concerned that Governor Gavin Newsom’s May Revise did not include state funding for the ...

The governor is calling for closure of an unspecified prison as a cost-saving measure. The state’s inmate population is down ...

SB 319 would require the state to track the costs of mandated treatment programs for addicted and/or mentally ill people ...

The proposal is part of efforts to manage the state's budget effectively, with California facing a $12 billion budget deficit ...

It appears that California’s leading Democrats prefer ... “The Governor’s budget not only fails to add dedicated funding for Proposition 36—it actually cuts funds currently being used ...