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  2. 2014 California Proposition 47 - Wikipedia

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    Since most shoplifting cases involve amounts under $400, the enforcement approach did not significantly alter prosecutions before or after the law's enactment. [8] Proposition 47 affects future convictions, and allows for people currently incarcerated for crimes covered by the measure to petition for re-sentencing. [9]

  3. Shopkeeper's privilege - Wikipedia

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    Shopkeeper's privilege is a law recognized in the United States under which a shopkeeper is allowed to detain a suspected shoplifter on store property for a reasonable period of time, so long as the shopkeeper has cause to believe that the person detained in fact committed, or attempted to commit, theft of store property.

  4. 'B***h, new laws!' California shoplifting suspect surprised ...

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    Statewide, reported shoplifting of merchandise worth up to $950 soared 28% over the past five years, according to the Public Policy Institute of California. That’s the highest observed level ...

  5. New California laws aim to reduce smash-and-grab robberies ...

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    It allows law enforcement to combine the value of goods stolen from different victims to impose harsher penalties and arrest people for shoplifting using video footage or witness statements.

  6. California voters approve measure making some shoplifting ...

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    California voters approved a ballot measure Tuesday seeking harsher punishment for retail crimes including shoplifting and theft. Repeat offenders may now be charged with felonies under ...

  7. California Penal Code - Wikipedia

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    One of the more controversial sections of the California Penal Code are the consecutive Sections 666 and 667; Section 666, known officially as petty theft with a prior – and colloquially, felony petty theft and makes it possible for someone who committed a minor shoplifting crime to be charged with a felony if the person had been convicted of ...

  8. California Legislature passes bills to curb retail theft over ...

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    At the crux of the debate over the bills to curb theft and fentanyl abuse are diverging views of Proposition 47, a decade-old California law that downgraded some nonviolent drug and property ...

  9. 2024 California Proposition 36 - Wikipedia

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    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]