The failures of Prop 36 expose the flaws in California's ballot initiative process

OPINION: While Prop 36 mandated treatment for drug addiction, it provided no dedicated funding for it, Dvir Yogev writes.
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Checking on Prop. 36: A necessary crackdown on repeat offenders or a return to mass incarceration?

Observers say Proposition 36 is filling jails, prisons with people charged with petty theft, low-level drug crimes, while ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Opinion: Gov. Newsom defies voters by undercutting Prop. 36

When Californians backed Proposition 36 — a ballot initiative requiring stiffer penalties on some theft offenses and mandating treatment for some repeat drug crimes — last November with 70% of the ...
AOL

Anti-crime Prop. 36 may go without funding in 2026

(The Center Square) – As Proposition 36 enters its second year, some lawmakers in Sacramento are concerned the popular anti-crime measure might not get any state funds to enforce it in 2026. In the ...
The San Bernardino Sun

Mike Hestrin: Proposition 36 is working but the state must fund treatment

With the overwhelming passage of Proposition 36 in November 2024, California voters sent a clear message to state lawmakers: it is time to end the public safety and public health crises of untreated ...