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

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

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

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

His early January budget proposal included no extra money for treatment, probation or other court-related costs incurred by ...

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

The governor should set aside $400 million in his May Revise to implement Prop. 36, which increases sentences for certain ...

Not long ago, I visited a public park in San Francisco and witnessed a most astonishing thing: The park was orderly, lots of ...

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.

Supporters of Proposition 36 argued it would connect repeat drug offenders with treatment to avoid jail time. Four months in, ...

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