California voters are deciding on 10 statewide propositions on the ballot. The one likely to get the most attention is a ...

In reality, it’s just the latest example of California voters showing their complicated feelings about crime and punishment.

The Springfield Police Department is asking for help through Crime Stoppers in solving a cash theft at a gas station ...

Supporters of Prop. 36 say it would help the state address homelessness, drug addiction and retail theft. Its critics call it ...

The reversal reflects widespread anger among voters who are increasingly pinning the blame for homelessness and retail theft ...

California voters approved a ballot measure that would reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, ...

The initiative requires an amendment to the state penal code to remove the $950 threshold that separates petty theft, a ...

Live election results for California's Prop 36, which would increase penalties for theft and drug trafficking.

Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed the measure, saying that “Prop 36 takes us back to the 1980s, mass ...

The decision to downgrade theft of property valued below the arbitrary figure from felony to misdemeanor, together with ...

Here, we examine whether retail theft is really on the rise in California and whether the tough-on-crime Proposition 36 would actually help. We analyzed data from the California Department of ...

Turning some misdemeanors to felonies: Under Prop 47, theft crimes such as shoplifting and burglary ... Longer sentences: ...