<story><title>California car burglaries are at crisis levels</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-02/california-car-burglaries-lawmakers-loophole</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Shivetya</author><text>Proposition 47 is the real bugaboo, it moved from felony to misdemeanor thefts under $950 which includes damage caused by them. this made breaking into cars pretty much a free pass because window damage rarely could exceed that. becoming a misdemeanor meant cops have no real reason to follow up. throw in the requirement to prove the doors are locked, well its easy to understand&lt;p&gt;however the real dishonesty is from Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) who claims a bill to at least remove the requirement for prosecutors prove a car was locked before being broken into based on costs. As in, they are very willing to pass the costs onto individuals; hence there still is a cost but to government it does not occur unless on their books.  As it was pointed out, how is it never a crime to enter a vehicle you do not own without permission?&lt;p&gt;Prop 47 lead to an increase in shop lifting because it set the limit high enough that it basically insured no one would get prosecuted. the common method is to send a bunch of people into a store at one time to get the goods in volume but with each individual being under the limit in monetary value if being young enough prosecution won&amp;#x27;t work either</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mc32</author><text>At a local Safeway woman loads cart with bottles of liquor.  Walks out.  She yells “I know my rights, I know my rights”.  What are the cashiers and security going to do?  Nothing, they let her go.&lt;p&gt;At another place kids get caught stealing they turn over a display and run out.  Again, nothing done.  All those costs are borne by the paying customers.&lt;p&gt;People are gonna get sick of it; the progressive supes are gonna rue this move.  The DA race in SF was close.  I think it’s gonna go the other way next election.&lt;p&gt;Also word on the street is apparently thieves prefer SF to Daly City because San Mateo  county doesn’t play as nice as SF.</text></comment>
<story><title>California car burglaries are at crisis levels</title><url>https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-02/california-car-burglaries-lawmakers-loophole</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Shivetya</author><text>Proposition 47 is the real bugaboo, it moved from felony to misdemeanor thefts under $950 which includes damage caused by them. this made breaking into cars pretty much a free pass because window damage rarely could exceed that. becoming a misdemeanor meant cops have no real reason to follow up. throw in the requirement to prove the doors are locked, well its easy to understand&lt;p&gt;however the real dishonesty is from Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) who claims a bill to at least remove the requirement for prosecutors prove a car was locked before being broken into based on costs. As in, they are very willing to pass the costs onto individuals; hence there still is a cost but to government it does not occur unless on their books.  As it was pointed out, how is it never a crime to enter a vehicle you do not own without permission?&lt;p&gt;Prop 47 lead to an increase in shop lifting because it set the limit high enough that it basically insured no one would get prosecuted. the common method is to send a bunch of people into a store at one time to get the goods in volume but with each individual being under the limit in monetary value if being young enough prosecution won&amp;#x27;t work either</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>beat</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s not just California, either. I live in MN, had my car window smashed out for a couple of bucks in loose change. The neighbor&amp;#x27;s doorbell camera caught it on video, but the cops didn&amp;#x27;t even want to see it. Just file a report, my insurance replaced the window, and it was mostly just a pain.</text></comment>