Viral sign mocking California retail theft law removed from downtown SF (video)

KRON 4 ^ | 7/5/24 | James Fletcher

[MAGA2017]

A sign that went viral on social media for mocking California's retail theft problem has been removed from downtown San Francisco the sign written in official looking font read quote notice stolen goods must remain under $950 the sign is a reference to Prop 47 which made retail theft under $950 a misdemeanor instead of a felony the joke is you can steal up to that amount and basically get away with it well we reached out to San Francisco city officials who say it is not an official sign and it was gone by the time they showed up to investigate California voters approved Prop 47 back in 2014 but critics say the law has led to more Smash and grab robberies this November as you may have heard voters will have a chance to roll that Prop 47 provision back there's a new uh motion on the ballot that you have a chance to vote on it.

[MAGA2017]

They should have left the sigh up. Good work on whoever did that!

[Magnum44]

Did the sign have punctuation?

[Celtic Conservative]

Another graduate of the ee cummings school of punctuation.

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[ifinnegan]

“ the sign written in official looking font”

An official looking font.

[Billthedrill]

In San Francisco, that’s Comic Sans.

[Hetuck]

Excellent! I wonder if this is the work of the street artist Sabo?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

LOL...

[suasponte137]

They should put that sign up in front of the DA’s house and then post the DA’s normal working hours underneath it.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

It must be your typical crappy automatic transcription of a video news story. When you listen to the reporter, he clearly has sentence structure.

[Pontiac]

Was the sign stolen?

That would be perfect.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

If it was Sabo, there would be 100 signs put up simultaneously all over downtown. You’d wake up to find the city covered in them.

[MAGA2017]

It is pretty funny and totally looks like an official sign.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Isn’t that the Gruesome Newsom Law?

[T.B. Yoits]

A group put up several similar fake signs in New York City more than a decade ago to deal with morons not paying attention while walking. The sign included a fake "Metropolitan Etiquette Authority".

Like the sign in this article, the city took them down but should have left them up.

[KingofZion]

outstanding. i’m surprised there are still any shops open in downtown SF. last time i visited it was all boarded up store fronts and fent addicts sleeping in doorways

[uranium penguin]

They should put up a PSA sign..

1. You are responsible to declare all stolen items as income.

2 If you resell your stolen items you MUST collect and remit all Ca Sales taxes.

[milagro]

Maybe it’s just gone through menopause.

[Magnum44]

[Luke21]

This is one badly written post.

[milagro]

LOL!