Johnson noted that California recently toughened shoplifting and store theft laws “that will likely lead to more arrests, ...

In response to perceptions of worsening crime, the majority of voters in every California county passed Prop. 36 in November 2024, reversing much of Prop. 47. With drug and theft crimes now being ...

SACRAMENTO CA – California’s new 2025 laws addressing organized retail theft and property crime have been praised for their tough stance on theft, but a 2024 report by the Little Hoover Commission ...

The deputy assaulted and pepper-sprayed a woman who was filming him during a shoplifting investigation outside a supermarket ...

The Public Policy Institute of California’s analysis of 2023 crime statistics show that most crime categories are up ...

Johnson noted that California recently toughened shoplifting and store theft laws “that will likely lead to more arrests, criminal charges, detentions” and so on. “At the end of the day ...