California Gives Shoplifters Another Free Pass - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
From the comments to these posts: "If Newsom IS the DEM nominee (IF they dump Crusty McBiden), then California is the BEST advertisement against his candidacy. All the GOP nominee (whomever it is) has to say is:
"LOOK at California. The crime. The homelessness. The rampant drug use. The radical environmental policies that cause destructive wildfires. The ridiculous taxes. The streets filled with human sh*t. People are fleeing California by the hundreds of thousands because of people like Gavin Newsom. If Gavin Newsom becomes President, then America will turn into California!" (Emphasis in the original)
SACRAMENTO — Several years ago, I was shopping in a Santa Ana big-box store when a nondescript young man asked the clerk to show him a video game system — probably a $200-to-$300 item — that was kept in a locked cabinet. She handed it to him and he then nonchalantly put it under his arm and slowly walked away with it, exiting... read full story
"retail gangs steal nearly 25% of total sales in San Francisco and Oakland combined, which amounted to around $15.5 billion in 2019, according to the state agency that tracks sales tax." . . .
. . . One would think that the California Legislature would address such pressing problems rather than stay focused on its usual agenda of expanding programs and taxes. But its latest big idea suggests that Californians are in far better shape when lawmakers do nothing at all. Democratic Sen. Dave Cortese of San José introduced Senate Bill 553, which, as the Orange County Register opined, “amounts to an invitation to shoplift.”
"The legislation is designed to prevent workplace violence and was authored in response to a horrific mass shooting by an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in 2021. “I’ve worked with VTA to implement significant workplace protections since then, but California must do everything needed to protect workers and the public, including retail customers,” Cortese said in a statement." . . .
Kids Love to Shop in Newsomland - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
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