Fresno County officials are concerned that Governor Gavin Newsom's May Revise did not include state funding for the implementation of Proposition 36, which would increase penalties for certain drug and retail theft crimes.

California’s top prosecutors are urging legislators to fulfill the will of the people by funding the drug treatment that is a linchpin of Prop 36. So far, the state has not proposed any money in

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

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

His early January budget proposal included no extra money for treatment, probation or other court-related costs incurred by the new law, which strengthened drug and theft penalties but did not include a funding component. Since then, the budget picture has — as we scooped this week — darkened considerably.

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom said two factors are largely to blame for a $12 billion budget shortfall facing California: expanding health care to immigrants without legal status, and Trump’s tariffs.

Supporters of Proposition 36 argued it would connect repeat drug offenders with treatment to avoid jail time. Four months in, the county’s got a process to do that.

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For years, communities across California were being hit hard by thieves engaged in retail theft. But Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman says the passage of Proposition 36 seems to be