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A panel of federal judges in 2009 ordered California to reduce its prison inmate population, and the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the decision in 2011. Some lawmakers have tied Proposition 47 to an ...
Proposition 36, titled Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes, was an initiated California ballot proposition and legislative statute that was passed by a landslide in the 2024 general election [2] [3] and went into effect in December 2024. [4]
The California mom who pleaded guilty to running an organized retail crime ring that stole millions of dollars in beauty products from Ulta Beauty and Sephora to resell on Amazon will now have to ...
Fact-checking claims about California's Proposition 36: What it means for drug arrests Fact check: Proposition 36 supporters say it will combat California's retail theft. Here's what to know. Here ...
In 2018, the San Francisco Chronicle reported that Prop. 47 led to a rise in the larceny theft rate by about 9 percent, compared to the 2014 rate. [34] By 2019, organized retail theft was on the rise. Police and store owners attributed it to Prop 47. [35]
According to a Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) study of data from the DOJ, a statewide increase in overall retail theft between 2019-2023 was mostly driven by "11 of the state's 15 ...
Legislators plan to fast-track bills to crack down on retail theft in California, pressuring supporters of a proposed tough-on-crime initiative on the November ballot to abandon that effort.
California lawmakers on Monday gave final approval to a package of 10 bills meant to combat retail theft, an effort that divided Democrats as they confronted key issues in the upcoming November ...