Gustavo Meza exits the courtroom after presenting a progress report to a judge at the San Mateo County Superior Court Southern Branch in Redwood City on June 18, 2026. Meza was mandated treatment under Proposition 36. Photo by Manuel Orbegozo for CalMatters The tough-on-crime initiative California voters passed two years ago wasn’t supposed to be a draconian return to mass incarceration. Instea...
Sep 25, 2026
