The sentencing reform measure allows for treatment instead of jail, but counties are short on resources. The Legislature must ...

California’s Proposition 36, passed by voters in 2024, is rapidly becoming the crisis many predicted — a costly, unfunded ...

Prop. 36 passed with 68% of the vote — and passed ... Because the measure provides no new money for treatment, the law is sending more people to the jails and overwhelming court systems.

Some background: Prop. 36 mandates that repeat offenders for narcotics sales are no longer diversion eligible. Convictions now carry county jail or even state prison sentences depending on the ...

S1: You looked into the number of arrests under prop 36 since December. S2: Um , you know , cases filed by the Da. And we found this as this is really about drug possession , which I think is no ...