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The new laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom address issues that continue to impact Californians such as consumer protections, ...

California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an opportunity to be resentenced and thin out the state’s severely overcrowded ...

California’s current crime conundrum can be told as a story with (at least) three parts. Voters passed 2014’s Proposition 47, 2016’s Proposition 57, and finally 2024’s Proposition 36. In the first two ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an ...

California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an opportunity to be resentenced and thin out the state’s severely overcrowded ...

California over the past dozen years enacted a series of criminal justice laws that were meant to give more people an opportunity to be resentenced and thin out the state's severely overcrowded ...