October 31, 2017 | Julia Mitric
Law enforcement and crime victims groups have introduced a ballot initiative to change California's recent criminal justice laws.
October 7, 2016 | Ben Bradford
Property crime increased, while falling nationwide, and police chiefs blame Proposition 47.
April 12, 2016 | Ben Bradford
Victims of crime have held rallies and events around the California state Capitol over the last week. That's at a time when California is shifting away from years of “tough-on-crime” laws, and Governor Jerry Brown pushes a measure to shift further.
November 12, 2015 | Ben Bradford
The state of California has approved new funding for jail construction.
March 4, 2015
There are two new bills going through legislature, aimed at ironing out the “unintended consequences" of Proposition 47. We talk with former Senate President Darrell Steinberg about the glitches in the state's initiative process.
February 4, 2015 | Ed Joyce
Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert has been in office nearly a month. So little time; her office walls on G' Street in downtown Sacramento are bare.
October 6, 2014 | Ed Joyce
A measure on the California November ballot would reduce some drug possession and theft-related felony crimes to misdemeanors. Proponents say it would reduce prison overcrowding and prison costs. Opponents say it would put dangerous criminals back on the streets and overcrowd local jails.
