Below, I provide excerpts and comments from California's Department of Justice reports on crimes for years 2022, 2023, and then a portion of a Crimes and Clearances report updated in June 2024 (covers 2021 to 2023)As I look at crime statistics in California, I find perplexing discrepancies in reporting, with some sources claiming crime is decreasing and others claiming that crime is increasing. With our borders wide open, urging migrants to flood the US, decriminalization etc., I would expect to see an increase in crime stats. But in some cases, reports of crime are decreasing, and perhaps that's largely due...