California must fund drug treatment programs for repeat offenders

In 2024, when Californians voted overwhelmingly to pass Proposition 36, they sent an unmistakable message: It’s time to treat addiction like the public-health and public-safety crisis it is. A year later, critics claim that Prop 36 has fallen short. But the failure isn’t with Prop 36: it’s with Sacramento’s refusal to fund it, the Sacramento Bee criticised.