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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Proposition 47 achieved its goal of decreasing incarceration by reclassifying certain drug- and theft-related felony offenses as ...

The Los Angeles Times, California’s largest newspaper, has editorialized against Proposition 36, the Nov. 5 ballot measure that would increase penalties for some crimes. Prop. 36 would modify ...

SACRAMENTO – Building on multi-billion dollar investments into behavioral health services to treat people experiencing mental health and substance abuse disorders and the $617 million already ...

Kamala Harris played almost no role in the key decision on crime made by California voters in the 2014 election, when they passed Proposition 47 and reduced penalties for many types of crime. As state ...

Proposition 47 is the largest school construction bond in state history. But even if Prop 47 passes, the Los Angeles Unified School District won-t get any money unless its voters approve Measure K, ...

Theft is increasingly becoming more popular since Prop 47 was passed which allows theft as long as it is under the value of $950. However, the positive side of Prop 47 speaks to the fact that since ...

California voters face a decision about how the state should punish people who are repeatedly convicted of stealing, or of crimes involving the deadly drug fentanyl. Proposition 36 on the November ...

Proposition 47 achieved its goal of decreasing incarceration by reclassifying certain drug- and theft-related felony offenses as misdemeanors, but contributed to a rise in property crime as a result.