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Many district attorneys argue that California's Organized Retail Theft (ORT) statute, amended by California lawmakers in 2021, is not an effective tool to charge offenders because it's too ...
California Gov. Gavin Newson on Friday signed 10 bills aimed at cracking down on organized retail theft. ... motor vehicle theft and larceny theft, did inch up in California from 2019 to 2022, ...
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 ...
Some forms of commercial crime are up in the Golden State, but others remain flat. California lawmakers want to stop ‘alarming rise’ in retail theft. How big is the problem?
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed the last of a bundle of retail theft bills crafted by Democratic lawmakers to address the rise in organized retail theft crimes that have shaken Californians.
Organized retail crime rose by 2023, when Nordstrom, [7] Macy’s, and Old Navy [8] all publicized major organized shoplifting activity. Target claimed in September 2023 that theft and organized retail crime helped drive its $500 million decrease in annual profits. Some store branches of major chains were closed. [9]
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 ...
Newsom often repeats that California already has some of the toughest theft laws in the nation. Stealing property worth $950 or more will result in a felony theft charge, compared to other states ...