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California ballot measure promises ‘mass treatment’ for drug crimes. Can counties provide it?
Prop. 36 pledges to send more people convicted of drug possession to treatment instead of prison. Behavioral health directors ...
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How Proposition 36 would affect crime and punishment in California
Proposition 36 allows felony charges for possessing certain drugs and for thefts under $950 if a defendant has two prior drug ...
Diane Dixon: Proposition 36 is necessary to protect your friends, family and local business owners
Crime in California is out of control, and repealing the mistakes of Proposition 47 by passing Proposition 36 is just the ...
What is California Prop 36, and would it curb rampant theft?
San Francisco Mayor London Breed, the California District Attorneys Association, and the California State Sheriffs’ ...
California Attorney General Rob Bonta won't take a position on Prop 36
Prop 36 asks California voters to enhance the penalties for some drug and theft crimes, primarily targeting repeat thieves and fentanyl dealers.
Will California's Proposition 36 counter theft and drug crimes?
Voters in the state of California will have the opportunity to roll back a decade-old criminal justice reform measure and ...
Proposition 36: A failed prescription for more prison and less treatment
Prop. 36 is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. It suggests people should receive treatment at the same time it pulls the funding ...
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California’s Proposition 36 brings in big donations
Campaigns for and against the measure are getting more money than is typical for a criminal justice proposition. Even so, ...
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California’s Prop. 36 won’t address retail theft, drug addiction or homelessness | Opinion
Proponents of Proposition 36 call it the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act,” yet it will create no new ...
Endorsement: No on Proposition 36, a revival of failed and unjust policies
This measure might be a great job protection program for the California prison guards union, but it’s not good policymaking.
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Guest Commentary | Facts show Proposition 36 will save money, protect small businesses, bring unhoused indoors
Prop. 36 reforms a 10-year-old law, called Proposition 47, which was enacted in 2014 to reclassify many non-violent drug and property crimes as misdemeanors,” writes San Jose Mayor ...