In related news, thieves are cleaning out stores but are very careful to keep their loot below $950. California’s Proposition 47, passed by the good citizens of California in 2014, downgraded a variety of “non-serious, nonviolent crimes” that had previously been considered felonies to misdemeanors. These include shoplifting, grand theft, receiving stolen property, forgery, fraud, and writing bad checks. As long as the total value of the stolen property is under $950, only a ghost of an offense has occurred. A thief may now steal something under that limit on a daily basis and it will never rise to felony status.
So we now have videos of thieves dumping entire shelves of cosmetics into pillow cases.
Is this a great state or what?
And don’t bother watching the local news to tell you this. They are far too busy covering car chases, the plight of DACA kids, human interest stories, and Governor Hair Gel’s latest proclamation.