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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for those running professional reselling schemes.
The measure is also supported by the California Retailers Association, which said the new penalties would serve as “a deterrent against ‘smash and grabs’ and retail crime.” But opponents, including criminal justice advocates and public defenders, said the new law will result in more people behind bars for non-retail theft crimes.
California's law imposing harsher sentences for large-scale "smash-and-grab" retail theft goes into effect. New Hampshire' s bail reform holds some crime suspects longer, and the majority of the ...
See new laws in Colorado, California, more states. ... California to allow harsher penalties by 'smash-and-grab' law, Prop. 36, going into effect ... This change from the use of bail commissioners ...
A 2018 study from the University of California, Irvine, maintains that Prop 47 was not a "driver" for recent upticks in crime, based upon comparison of data from 1970 to 2015, in New York, Nevada, Michigan and New Jersey, states that closely matched California's crime trends, but that "what the measure did do was cause less harm and suffering ...
California will spend $267 million to help dozens of local law enforcement agencies increase patrols, buy surveillance equipment and conduct other activities aimed at cracking down on smash-and ...
The California Budget and Policy Center released a report estimating that Proposition 36 would increase prison costs, [33] cutting funding for behavioral health services, K-12 school programs for vulnerable youth, and trauma recovery services for crime victims, which have been supported with the savings that come from Prop 47.