Prop 36 supporters say it will combat California's retail theft. Here's what to know.
CBS News California examined retail theft rates in California and whether the high-profile Proposition 36 would help combat those crimes.
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CBS News California examined retail theft rates in California and whether the high-profile Proposition 36 would help combat those crimes.
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California's retail crime task force is surpassing 2023 enforcement totals amid a surge in arrests and cases investigated, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday.
Smash-and-grab retail thefts that result in major damage to businesses will bring longer sentences in California after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed bill into law Thursday.
More than $6,000 worth of stolen merchandise was recovered and multiple suspects were arrested after police responded to two reports of thefts in progress in Lodi earlier this week, police said Saturday.
More than 20 people have been charged in connection with a robbery scheme targeting cannabis dispensaries throughout the state, California Attorney General Rob Bonta said Thursday.
A massive organized retail crime bust in Stockton has resulted in tens of thousands of dollars worth of stolen merchandise being recovered, police say.
Newsom signed a package of bills Friday targeting organized retail theft and other property crimes that will include stricter punishments for repeat offenders.
The debate over Proposition 36, the ballot measure would allow felony charges and increased sentences for theft and drug crimes, is heating up between Gov. Gavin Newsom and California's mayors.
The goal is to make it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and car thieves.
More California mayors who are Democrats are stepping forward to support a statewide ballot initiative on retail crime that Gov. Gavin Newsom opposes.
While CHP officers have been deployed to Oakland as part of a crackdown on retail crime, some businesses in the Grand Lake area say more needs to be done.
A Vacaville man was cited by Davis police for shoplifting nearly $800 worth of groceries Monday morning.
Inflation and its impact on the price of everyday items is what's causing many shoplifters to commit retail theft, according to LendingTree survey.
A recent law enforcement retail theft operation at a Target store in Sacramento County led to 50 people being arrested or cited, authorities said Thursday.
Neighbors in Sacramento's Land Park say that in the battle over retail theft statewide, law enforcement officials and retail giant Target have worked to clean up a store location on Riverside Boulevard that had become overwhelmed by crime.
The legislature met an 11th-hour deadline to put a new governor-backed retail theft initiative in writing for the state ballot over the weekend. But now that plan has been scrapped and lawmakers won't even vote on it.
A California ballot measure to once again make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders is threatening to become a litmus test for whether the state's Democrats are tough enough on crime to retain their seats in Congress.
Gov. Gavin Newsom's office issued a response after leaked emails from his chief of staff show hardball negotiations over Prop 47 reforms and Newsom's effort to keep a statewide initiative off the November ballot.
A suspect linked to organized retail theft in San Jose was arrested this week in Sacramento after leading law enforcement officials on a chase, authorities said Wednesday.
A day after Democratic leaders rolled out a controversial inoperability amendment that could repeal their own legislation to address retail theft, that amendment was not added.
"This is just dirty politics. It's underhanded, and it's specifically designed clearly to sabotage the initiative," said Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig, who helped craft the initiative to reform Prop 47.
A new statewide program to crack down on organized retail theft in California appears to be working.
A growing number of retailers are considering equipping security and other employees with body cams in a bid to deter thefts.
