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 ...

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

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.

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

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

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Wednesday will announce new "aggressive action" in an ongoing effort to crack down on retail theft.

For years, communities across California were being hit hard by thieves engaged in retail theft. But Los Angeles County ...

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

Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed closing another prison in his revised budget proposal. Newsom didn’t specify which prison could be ...

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

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