Prop 47 Reset Fails in Assembly Committee

California Globe ^ | March 24, 2022 | E van Symon

[artichokegrower]

A bill to amend Proposition 47 to lower the threshold amount for felony theft from over $950 to $400 failed in the Assembly Public Safety Committee this week.

Assembly Bill 1603, authored by Assemblyman Rudy Salas (D-Bakersfield), would have reduced the threshold amount for petty theft and shoplifting back down to $400 and would have also re-allow shoplifting to be tried as a felony again but only if the person who did it had prior convictions.

[artichokegrower]

“ We really have to be concerned about the number of people that law enforcement will go after to fill the prisons. That is not a solution,” noted Assemblyman Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles). “That is what lowering the threshold will ultimately do, is just fill the prisons again.”

No we just want innocent people to be subject to robbery or murder

[rktman]

Did the raise the limit to $1,499.00? I’ve been eyeing a new 4K tv......................

[SteveH]

I need a beer or two to help me process the importance of all this

[cuz1961]

failed in the Assembly Public Safety Committee this week.
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Hmm.

Wonder if any of those that voted against this bill
have financial ties
to these cell phone apps that let you sell your old shoes and make 5000$ that I keep seeing commercials for,,

Pishposh or something that sounds like that.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Keeping it high causes huge numbers of city stores to go out of business.

So you trade off 1) criminals in prison for 2) urban safety and stores for the poor and minorities to shop at.

What a jerk to favor criminals.

[Cobra64]

Wanna stop this crap? Shoot the looters. Done.

[CptnObvious]

California is in the hands of mad women and mad men. IMHO.