Homelessness is primarily caused by unaffordable housing, not addiction or mental illness, and is exacerbated by a lack of safety nets and the collapse of low-cost rentals.
Judge Clara Levers rejected the prosecution’s request to keep a man in custody and instead released him under Post-Release Community Supervision, citing his moderate attempts to engage with treatment.
California Correctional Health Care Services is reviewing hundreds of parole hearings after discovering faulty drug tests may have wrongly denied incarcerated individuals a chance at parole, with nearly 6,000 tests resulting in false positives.
The statistics are staggering but not surprising: 50% of people in state prisons have a substance use…
SACRAMENTO, CA – Senator Thomas J. Umberg (D-Santa Ana) has reintroduced legislation aimed at increasing oversight and…
By Emily Saroyan WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. “War on Drugs” has left a massive gap in…
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Woodland, CA – This was the week where we swore in…