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Law prohibiting prosecutors charging shoplifters with felonies. $950 or less. trace, you spent a lot of time in california. its been a mess for a long time. seems to be getting worse. questions about what its going to be done about it. >> trace: people are fed up, in san francisco. you have left-wing prosecutors who are no the focus of a recall campaign because people are like, we are up to here with the crime. >> sandra: its not just california. new york is dealing with the problem. to a point ...

And acceptable. >> we cannot, we will not, we do not tolerate that kind of behavior. >> some criminal justice experts have argued the robberies might be a result of the kind of perfect storm here in california, a recent move to a race to $950 the threshold to categorize theft as a felony combined with many stores fearing liability issues that hung their employees not to chase or even in some cases touch anyone stealing from those stores. charles. >> charles: jonathan, thank you very much. what i...

Have argued the robberies might be the result of a perfect storm here in california. one move to raise to $950, the threshold to categorize theft as a felony and two, many stores fearing liability issues now telling their employees not the chase or even in some cases touch anyone stealing from those stores. gillian? >> gillian: good time to be a thief, jonathan hunt. thanks. lets bring in arizonas attorney general, a republican who is also running for u.s. senate. thanks for joining us. are you ...

Sophisticated network of thieves knowing what they are doing targeting what they want to go after. the big lie here is about prop 47. when the aclu supported that and said it would make neighborhoods and schools safer. no it didnt. people figured out what the game is. you mean i can still up the $950 and i can only get a citation if i get caught? those citations will never be prosecuted. >> dana: here is governor newsom. risen to his to do list apparently and here is what he said. >> we want rea...

Ran in and grab merchandise and fled. only a few arrested and a bunch of these ransacked union square with louis vuitton, bloomingdales. i give him credit for having great taste. they wouldnt be caught dead by old navy. of course, like this is more common sense charges of $950 or less were lowered to misdemeanors in 2014 but god forbid you go into a restaurant without wearing a mask and they call a firing squad. good news san franciscos most prolific shoplifter was charged after stealing $40,000...

Rapes, murders, so the dockets not as full with these petty larceny. store owners say they keep seeing the same people over and over. >> some of these people are chronic offenders, the police know who they are. >> cities become a poster child for more lenient policing. the voters said thats what they wanted. really? yeah, 2014. the voters, not the legislature changed the law there. a prosecutor cant bring felony charges unless you steal at least $950 wrtorth of stuff. in san francisco they elect...

Yeah, 2014. the voters, not the legislature changed the law there. a prosecutor cant bring felony charges unless you steal at least $950 worth of stuff. in san francisco they elected a d.a. who campaigned on no longer prosecuting lower level offenses for the reason they gave you. thats a campaign promise kept. prosecutions for theft and petty theft are down compared to the predecessor. well see if voters still want that. the district attorney is facing a recall next year. one push by members of ...

Yeah, i know that for some people who have never actually held a job in the private sector or never had us running a small business, maybe theyre cool of people stealing up to $950 of somebody elses money or property. i will tell you whos not cool with that? small business owners and working americans who understand that has an impact on them and on their children and on their families and their lives in these areas. its really, again, this continues. its insanity and it has to be stopped. >> th...

With it. >> reporter: shopping districts are on high alerts. in this stunning video from a louis vuiton in chicago showing masked thieves bursting into the store in broad day light, swiping merchandise and running away. at least 14 suspects escaped in three separate vehicles. a holiday crime spree hitting stores at the height of the most important seasons. >> they have been armed, the idea of anybody be a hero over a thousand dollars in high-fashion bags does not make sense at all. >> theyre not...

But i am confident, i am confident there will be more pressed to follow. >> on sunday is the robbery spree continued, a jewelers at a mall in haywood with merchandise from the women in san jose and again in oakland and walgreens was targeted. one lecturer in criminal justice studies told san francisco chronicle at the robberies might be the result of what he called the perfect storm in california. when recent move to raise $950, the threshold to categorize theft as a felony in many stores viewin...