Gramps, I understand what Grand Theft happens to be. My quarrel is that too many things are felonies. $300 is a good grocery bill, IMHO, not a felony.
California has too many liberal cities/counties making basically any crime of theft not a crime and a misdemeanor.
This makes the simple act of parking your vehicle a danger to your vehicle and an open invitation to theft of parts or the whole vehicle.
The county of Sacramento started this non major crime bs a few years ago.
There was a great county park along the American river. We could go up for a few hours of fishing or a whole day and park our vehicle safely.
Shortly after the liberals started their policy of turning their heads, parking any vehicle could become costly, and the cops refused to even bother reporting it.
Besides stealing expensive fishing gear, the freedom for the thugs meant that they could remove your catalytic converters and not be reported. This happened to a couple of guides, who had their catalytic converters removed while parking in the park.
The same bs is now being done in schools where young thugs commit crimes and are not reported or followed up on. The shooter in Floriduh school was one of these thugs.
The NY City Broken Window policy still works.