In passing Proposition 36 — the Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act — last November, with 68% of the votes ...

Police and prosecutors throughout the region say they now have tools available to help fight criminals who prey on businesses ...

In a landmark case for Kern County, a repeat shoplifter with at least two prior convictions, has been sentenced to two years ...

Since Proposition 36 passed last November and went into effect in December, local law enforcement has begun to crack down on ...

Dustin Dean Towery, the first Kern County Man charged under Prop 36, was sentenced on Monday to a split two-year sentence, ...

Nearly 70% of Californians voted to pass Prop 36, which increases the penalties and allows for felony charges against repeat shoplifters. Inland Empire authorities say this is helping them crackdown ...

Supporters of Proposition 36 pitched the tough-on-crime measure, which California voters overwhelmingly approved in November, as an urgent solution to compel people struggling with addiction into ...

Rather, law enforcement is sending a message it has new tools to combat retail theft since Proposition 36 went into effect in December, undoing some of the more onerous effects of Proposition 47 ...