Just last week, the official residence of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass it was stolen, Rep. Adam Schiff was the victim of a burglary, and the home of reality TV actress Kyle Richards’ daughter was robbed in broad daylight. But the progressive wing of California’s Democratic Party denies there is a crime crisis.
A security guard for Mayor Matt Mahan was also involved in a violent altercation in the middle of recording an interview. Downtown San Jose Last week, the suspect was arrested on multiple charges.
As of 2020, there is statewide increase In property crime and theft, local critics have attributed this increase to “soft on crime” policies such as Propositions 47 and 57. However, the issue has now created divisions among Democrats in the legislature. Some are joining with progressive lawmakers as well as Republicans to propose bipartisan bills aimed at curbing petty theft introduced myself Alternative measures – called smart solutions – focus on providing additional services for offenders.
The Ella Baker Center, which collaborates with several state Democrats to promote progressive crime policies, wrote on its website, “Above all, our work protects the liberties and material needs of the communities most harmed by prisons and policing. Gives priority to.” “We prioritize their leadership, healing and liberation.”
Crime in California has increased from pre-pandemic levels. (Fox News)
Proposition 47, passed in california In 2014, some nonviolent crimes were reclassified from felonies to misdemeanors. In 2016, voters passed Proposition 57, which expanded parole opportunities for non-violent offenders and allowed judges, rather than prosecutors, to decide whether juveniles should be tried as adults in certain cases.
Former Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley told Fox, “If the supermajority Democrat legislature really wants to have a positive impact on crime, they should reverse some of their previously enacted reckless public safety laws that have harmed public safety. But has had a dramatically negative impact.” News Digital. “I think it’s ironic that Adam Schiff, who publicly and so enthusiastically supported George Gascón, is the victim of theft.”
Cooley also argued that Soros backed Los Angeles DA Gascón implemented several policies that were soft on crime, which led to more crime in the LA area.
While the mayor was being interviewed, a pedestrian allegedly attacked a plainclothes officer in San Jose Mayor Mahan’s security squad. (cron4)
Elected in December 2020, Gascón directed prosecutors to end the practice of seeking enhanced sentences for defendants accused of gang-related crimes, stopping demanding cash bail for most misdemeanor and non-violent felony cases. granted, and permitted the expungement of persons who had been convicted of crimes. The teenagers were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Furthermore, Gascón’s office instituted a policy of neither seeking the death penalty in any new cases nor executing executions for individuals already on death row.
“We are in an era of increasing – but avoidable – criminality,” Cooley said. “It should not be unexpected that every sector of society will suffer at some point.”
According to the Public Policy Institute of California, the state’s violent crime rate is 13.5% higher than the pre-COVID rate of 2019. Robberies involving firearms increased by nearly 13% compared to 2019 and gun-related murders and aggravated assaults increased even more, increasing by 37.7% and 61.1%, respectively.
Thus, district attorneys, police chiefs, sheriffs associations across the state, along with the mayors of San Francisco and San Jose, are collectively supporting a proposed ballot measure for this year’s election aimed at reversing the effects of Proposition 47. Also known as the Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act.
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Representative Adam Schiff speaks to guests at a campaign event in Burlingame, California, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Thieves reportedly broke into Schiff’s car and stole his belongings, forcing him to wear casual attire to the event. (Lee Housekeeper)
Jeff Reisig, a district attorney for Yolo County, said after San Jose Mayor Mahan was charged that “This is yet more clear evidence that California’s urban centers have been transformed into dangerous places where serious drug addiction, The mentally ill and many violent people now roam freely.” “Weak state laws have eroded accountability, deterrence, and our quality of life.”
“Many friends and family who live and work in urban areas of our big cities no longer feel safe even walking to lunch,” Reisig said on X. The root cause of so much lawlessness and degradation in CA now is Proposition 47, which essentially decriminalized hard drug use and repeat theft under $950.”
Reissig encouraged voters to get to the polls this year to repeal Proposition 47.
Meanwhile, Schiff’s opponent in the Senate race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein’s seat, former MLB star Steve Garvey, told Fox News Digital in an interview last week when asked about Schiff being a victim of stolen hours. He said he was “sorry for what happened to my opponent” before a gala campaign dinner, but blamed the incident on soft policies on crime.
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“It’s been a long time since San Francisco has been obsessed with crime,” Garvey said. “I think my opponent needs to make a statement about where he is on offense.”
Thieves broke into Schiff’s car parked in a city parking garage on Thursday and stole his bags. Without business clothes to wear, Schiff still proceeded to the event in shirtsleeves and a hiking vest. San Francisco Chronicle, With other people in suits.
Fox News Digital contacted Schiff’s office for comment but did not hear back by the time of publication.
Fox News Digital’s Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
