Gavin Newsom Bragged About His Organized Retail Crime Task Force, but There’s a Big Problem

saying they’ve lost $13-20 billion each year.

So the $76.2 million recovered is a drop in the bucket compared to the billions retailers have lost.

Yes. And California Democrats made retail theft under a certain amount a misdemeanor. They encouraged this.

Californians voted in 2024 on Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure to help stop things like this.continue reading …