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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

California’s falling incarcerated population has allowed Gov. Gavin Newsom to close four state prisons. Now he’s calling for ...

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

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom said two factors are largely to blame for a $12 billion budget shortfall facing California: expanding ...