Pelosi and Schiff. Two great Americans.

[Vambo]

Inside California's nightmare spawned by law gutting shoplifting penalties

 

Proposition 47 is seen by critics as one of California's biggest blunders. Supported by the state Democratic Party and championed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the referendum was passed by a wide margin in 2014. The idea behind it was to reduce certain non-violent felonies to misdemeanors in order to free up resources for cops and prosecutors to focus on violent offenders.

Since Proposition 47 was passed, there has been an increase in theft across the state. Cities like San Francisco have seen organized crime rings turn shoplifting into a well-organized racket involving desperate thieves and unscrupulous black-market resellers.

Among the nation's 20 largest cities, San Francisco now has the highest rate of property crime, which includes theft, shoplifting and vandalism.

 

Seymour believes San Francisco is stuck in a cycle and, until it's able to pull itself out, the problem will continue. Drug addicts, who are often homeless, need money for a fix so they walk into a store, steal merchandise, sell it for half the value and use the money they made to buy more drugs. Seymour added that the mayor and elected city officials have been spending too much time and money trying to coddle addicts and have done nothing to eliminate San Francisco's drug problem.

The problem isn't just San Francisco-based. Across the state, retailers say they have been hit hard by shoplifters since Prop 47 went into effect.

Across the bay, in Oakland, business owners say shoplifting is a problem. Spoiled Boutique owner Mika McCants told Fox News she worries about theft, especially at night.

"I've had situations where I've had to call the authorities."

In San Diego County, 7-Eleven franchise owner Jassi Dhillon told NBC 7 that he has to deal with shoplifters at all six of his store locations.

"It's happening every day, hour by hour," he said.

[calfoxwc]

leftwingers/liberals etc never solve problems - their solutions are emotionally and politically benefitting them - but their fake attempts just cause worse problems.

they do it all the time.

[OldBrownsFan]

40 minutes ago, calfoxwc said:

leftwingers/liberals etc never solve problems - their solutions are emotionally and politically benefitting them - but their fake attempts just cause worse problems.

they do it all the time.

What the left has done to the state of California and big cities across the country is typical of what happens when they are in control.

The thing I hate to see are democrats who leave states like California because of high taxes, crime, etc..and move to red states and they bring their bad liberal voting habits with them. Like they haven't learned a thing why they are fleeing from California in the first place. They don't seem to get that red states are only better than the blue state they left because they are not run by democrats. Yet they move and keep voting democrat helping to turn red states blue.