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Bookmark or Share- New in 2025: Cracking down on retail theft and property crimeShoplifting and petty theft AB 2943. Allows an officer with probable cause to arrest a person for shoplifting, even if the act did not take place in the officer’s presence. AB 2943. Doubles permissible probation period for shoplifting and for petty theft from one year to two years. Allows defendants under 25 to be referred to rehabilitative ...
- Why Shoplifting Is Now De Facto Legal In CaliforniaCalifornia will allow 63,000 prisoners, out of a population of 115,000, the possibility of early release. This includes death row inmate Richard Allen Davis, one of 737 murderers in the system, who was a released felon when he murdered Polly Klaas in 1993.
- California $950 theft and shoplifting law 2024 - GuidelineLawPetty theft and shoplifting of any amount not exceeding $950 is classified as a misdemeanor and offenders could face up to 6 months in county jail if found guilty. With a good lawyer and clean history, offenders could avoid jail time with a restitution, probation or fine.
- California Code, PEN 487. - California Legislative InformationGrand theft is theft committed in any of the following cases: (a) When the money, labor, real property, or personal property taken is of a value exceeding nine hundred fifty dollars ($950), except as provided in subdivision (b).
- New California Laws Target Retail Theft and Shoplifting in 2024 ...California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills aimed at curbing retail theft, targeting professional crime rings, and repeat offenders. The new laws, signed on Friday,...
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