OAKLAND, Calif. - This November, voters will decide on a tough-on-crime initiative at the ballot box. Proposition 36 would strengthen criminal penalties for repeat offenders for drug and theft crimes.

California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot measure that will impose stricter penalties for repeat theft and crimes involving fentanyl, steering away from recent progressive policies that ...

Democratic legislative leaders have unveiled a ballot measure they say will reduce retail theft and punish drug suppliers who sell fentanyl-tainted products to unwitting consumers. It’s designed as an ...

The Santa Barbara Independent republishes stories from CalMatters.org on state and local issues impacting readers in Santa Barbara County. A tough-on-crime ballot measure that appears destined to pass ...

Democratic legislative leaders have unveiled a ballot measure they say will reduce retail theft and punish drug suppliers who sell fentanyl-tainted products to unwitting consumers. It’s designed as an ...

Over the past few months, there have been conflicting narratives about whether crime is decreasing in America overall or specifically in large urban areas. These debates often rely on the results of ...

Vice President Kamala Harris is facing scrutiny from a California sheriff after refusing to say whether she voted for a proposition in her home state aimed at curbing the surging crime and theft in ...

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