I recently moved to California. Before i moved, people asked me “why are you moving there, its so bad?”. Now that I’m here, i understand it less. The state is beautiful. There is so much to do.
I know the cost of living is high, and people think the gun control laws are ridiculous (I actually think they are reasonable, for the most part). There is a guy I work with here that says “the policies are dumb” but can’t give me a solid answer on what is so bad about it.
So, what is it that California does (policy-wise) that people hate so much?
Proposition 47.
Are you mixed up? Prop 47 reduces jail time for nonviolent and non serious drug and property crimes.
Seems pretty disingenuous to represent that as preventing the police from doing their jobs. Unless you honestly think cops’ job is to maximize the amount of time that drug addicts spend in jail.
It basically decriminalized theft under $950. The cops are not investigating misdemeanor thefts because it’s so rampant. And if they do they catch and release because the DAs don’t press charges.
That is false.
Cops aren’t investigating misdemeanor thefts for the same reason that they don’t investigate anything that they’re not forced to. They don’t care.
It’s funny that you blame prop 47 for the fact that cops are refusing to enforce prop 47.