A brief one-pager on California higher education versus prison spending.
Newsroom Jun 16, 2025
Prop. 36 over-promised on drug treatment. Could a little-known funding stream help foot the bill?
New CJCJ piece by policy team members, Grecia Reséndez and Maureen Washburn, suggests counties look to AB109 funding to support Prop 36 treatment mandated programs.
Report Apr 24, 2025
AB 109 Can Fund Drug Treatment Rather Than Bloated Law Enforcement Bureaucracies
AB 109 funding does not reflect California’s changing criminal justice priorities and lacks basic transparency. Could it be reinvested in treatment?
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Rising law enforcement inefficiency — not reforms— is the key issue affecting Californians’ safety.
Report Oct 24, 2024
Stop Lying About Justice Reform in California
New crime data refutes false narratives that are misinforming Californians as a crucial election approaches
Blog Oct 16, 2024
New FBI Data: California’s Crime Rate is at Record Lows – Yet “Crime Wave” Lies Persist
The California Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation both report that crime in California has fallen to among the lowest levels ever recorded.
Report Jun 28, 2023
Beyond Repair: Envisioning a Humane Future After 132 Years of Brutality in California’s Youth Prisons
Report by CJCJ follows the 132-year history of California’s Division of Juvenile Justice
Prop 47 has reinvested over half a billion dollars from expensive, overcrowded prisons into low-cost, high-impact prevention programs.