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Fed up with the alarming frequency of retail theft across California, including smash and grabs, a diverse group of business leaders, law enforcement officials, policymakers and public safety advocates joined their efforts in Sacramento on Jan. 24. Their purpose: to increase public support for Assembly Bill (AB) 1772, a bill that would make jail time mandatory for repeat theft offenders. | By California Black Media Fed up with the alarming frequency of retail theft across California, including s...

A growing number of public officials are speaking out against retail theft. Now more than a dozen mayors say a new ballot initiative can help cut down on this type of crime.

FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Fresno Mayor Jerry Dyer said Tuesday afternoon that efforts are underway to get rid of Prop 47 as he believes it has created more crime in the city than prevention. “As long as people feel that they can get away with a crime— vandalizing a business, stealing from that business, they’re […]

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The mayors of two of the Bay Area’s biggest cities on Thursday threw their support behind an effort to reform a bill intended to reduce incarceration in the state. Prop 47, which was approved by voters in 2014, reduced punishments for drug possession and for property thefts of items worth less […]

“Shrink” is retail-speak for inventory lost to shoplifting. And shrinking, you could say, is expanding—quite dramatically.

The city spends $646 million on shelter, but vagrancy grows.

A Riverside suspect known as the "snake burglar" has been tied to more than 70 commercial break-ins but has also served short sentences, police say.

A repeat thief with multiple convictions and dubbed the "snake burglar" was apprehended while allegedly preparing to victimize another business, authorities said Friday.

A key follow-up on the arson incident from August 23, 2022.

SF DA Brooke Jenkins defended her work for a nonprofit, linked to billionaire William Oberndorf, that was tied to efforts to recall Chesa Boudin.