One of the big winners is a measure toughening criminal penalties for some nonviolent crimes. Proposition 36, which the Associated Press called just before 9 p.m. Tuesday night, will reverse key parts ...

To take effect, Proposition L needs not only a majority but more votes than Prop. M to take effect. As of the latest vote count, from Friday afternoon, Prop. L had 56.6% of the counted vote but ...

(KRON) — California voters approved Prop 36 this election, weighing in on a measure aimed at reversing certain criminal policies under the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft Reduction ...

Prop 36 would roll back a ten-year-old ballot measure called Prop 47, which reclassified certain petty theft and drug crimes as misdemeanors in lieu of felonies. Since then, law enforcement and ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Prop 36 was perhaps the most high-profile measure on the California ballot, calling for harsher penalties for theft and drug crimes. The measure passed overwhelmingly ...

SAN DIEGO — Proposition 33 has failed. The measure was aimed at expanding local governments' ability to impose rent control to more types of housing by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Proposition 1-- which aims to protect abortion access in New York and add new protected classes to the state’s Equal Rights Amendment to prohibit discrimination against ...

PHOENIX — Supporters of Proposition 479 are expecting the transportation funding measure to pass following Tuesday's election results in Maricopa County. As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 60% ...

(FOX 5/KUSI) — Among the many statewide propositions California voters had their say in during this year’s election was Proposition 33, which would open up the ability of local governments to ...

Proposition 36 reforms a law approved a decade ago that reduced some felonies to misdemeanors and was seen as a milestone in California’s attempt to end the harsh tough-on-crime policies of the ...

There was not merely the overwhelming victory of the tough-on-crime Proposition 36, but also the defeat of Prop. 33, the third attempt at expanding rent control in the last six years, all backed ...