Despite the promise of Proposition 58 to expand bilingual education in California, a severe shortage of qualified bilingual teachers and lack of implementation infrastructure continue to hinder ...

In 1994, a 26-year-old Alex Padilla, sporting a newly minted engineering degree from MIT, was back at home living with his parents in the San Fernando Valley when that fall’s most heated ballot ...

Expanding access While the 1998 Prop 227 widely restricted bilingual education, there were still many programs that encouraged bilingualism in well-funded districts mostly populated by white students.

Proposition 227, which passed with 61% of the vote, required schools to teach only in English with students who were still learning the language, something that may sound like a good idea but often ...

Cumulative spending on the November statewide ballot proposition campaigns was about $227 million. [1] Of the 21 propositions on the California ballot in 2008 (including all three election dates): ...

“I present about Prop. 187 to my own staff,” said Angélica Salas, executive director of the Coalition For Humane Immigrant Rights, California’s largest immigrant rights organization.

FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- California voters overwhelmingly passed Proposition 36 on Tuesday. The law will reclassify some misdemeanor theft and drug crimes as felonies, creating a new ...

California Proposition 33 on rent control projected to fail by: Danielle Dawson Posted: Nov 5, 2024 / 08:18 PM PST Updated: Nov 7, 2024 / 06:18 PM PST ...

California voters approved Proposition 36 to roll back soft-on-crime policies in Proposition 47, raising penalties for some crimes, including theft and drug offenses.

CBS News California takes a closer look at the drug component of the high-profile Proposition 36 to fact-check claims about the ballot measure from supporters and opponents.