California district attorneys call for long-term state funding for Prop 36 treatment programs

It’s been nearly one year since Proposition 36 took effect in California, an effort to tighten laws around property and drug crimes while expanding access to treatment instead of jail for nonviolent offenders.

But from the start, funding has been the biggest obstacle.

On Wednesday, district attorneys and supporters gathered in Sacramento to talk about progress and the growing urgency for stable funding…

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