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The REAL Reasons California Is Allowing Shoplifting?

The REAL Reasons California Is Allowing Shoplifting?

Just a couple more ugly truths to add to the pile…

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Christopher Cook
Jun 22, 2023
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First California citizens, via Prop 47 in 2014, reclassified any instance of shoplifting items under $950 as a misdemeanor rather than a felony. It had the predictable result:

Fuller was referring to what he called an “ epidemic of shoplifting,” which he traced to changes in California law that reclassified thefts as misdemeanors if the stolen goods tota…

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