- Why Californians got tougher on crime: Bleak downtowns and attention-getting retail thefts CalMatters
- California voters pass tough-on-crime initiative to make some shoplifting, drug offenses felonies The Associated Press
- California voters approve anti-crime ballot measure Prop. 36 Los Angeles Times
- California propositions results: Voters reject rent control — again San Francisco Chronicle
- California voters overwhelmingly pass Proposition 36 CBS News