It’s a Wednesday afternoon in Department 1203 at the Central Courthouse, and the man in the defendant’s chair is anxious. The ...

More than 13,000 people have been charged in LA, Orange and Riverside counties since the measure’s passage, mostly for repeat ...

One year later, the promise of “mass treatment” has predictably failed to materialize. A majority of voters clearly agreed ...

It’s been nearly a year since Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36 ... lack of behavioral health treatment and staffing across California, but proponents argued that Prop. 36 would be ...

It’s been nearly a year since Californians overwhelmingly approved Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure providing what backers called “mass treatment” for those facing certain drug charges. But ...