Will California Proposition 36 pass on Election Day? Voters have complicated views on crime
It is clear they are closely watching now and aware of voter frustrations. Newsom and Democratic leaders in the Legislature ...
California voters pass Proposition 36, taking tougher stance on retail theft, crime
Gavin Newsom keep a moratorium on executing inmates. And voters in some of the state’s most Democratic-leaning counties have ...
Prop 36: California projected by AP to approve harsher penalties for fentanyl, theft crimes
California voters are projected by the Associated Press to approve a measure that would broadly increase penalties for ...
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Rob Bonta — The attorney general is another will-he-won’t-he contender for 2026. Bonta was appointed to the gig by Newsom following Becerra’s departure for Washington and was easily elected to a full ...
Hospitality businessman Stephen Cloobeck launches California governor bid
Gavin Newsom, who is term-limited and cannot run for reelection ... He wants to see the state grow an additional 5 million ...
Voters Want to Get Tough on Crime, But Not on Rent Control or Wages. Here’s How the State Propositions Are Faring
California voters appear poised to grant a constitutional right to same-sex marriage, restore longer prison sentences for ...
California’s path hinges on the presidential race: ‘No state has more to lose or gain’
“No state has more to lose or more to gain in this election in November,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said during a press conference last week, as he reflected on the “chilling effect” that Trump’s mass ...
California voters give Medi-Cal doctors a raise by passing Prop. 35
Proposition 35 on the 2024 California election ballot would redistribute money from a tax on health insurance plans. The revenue would go to Medi-Cal.
Voters weigh California Proposition 36, which would implement stronger penalties for theft, drug offenses
California voters will soon decide the fate of Proposition 36, weighing whether to roll back criminal justice reforms from a contentious 2014 ballot measure that lessened the penalties for some crimes ...
Californians overwhelmingly pass anti-crime Proposition 36 measure that Dem Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom strongly opposed the measure, saying that “Prop 36 takes us back to the 1980s, mass incarceration — it promotes a promise that can’t be delivered.” ...