( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “for repeat offenders.” California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have proliferated in the state. [CutID: <Cuts> CAL-RETAIL-THEFT-house-q-FRIam.mp3 Time: 25s Title: CAL-RETAIL-THEFT-house-q-FRIam Out-cue: for repeat offenders] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Proposition 47, an initiative approved by voters in 2014, reduced […]
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California lawmakers seek ways to combat retail theft while keeping progressive policy
( ) -q-25- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “for repeat offenders.”
California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have proliferated in the state.
[CutID: <Cuts> CAL-RETAIL-THEFT-house-q-FRIam.mp3
Time: 25s
Title: CAL-RETAIL-THEFT-house-q-FRIam
Out-cue: for repeat offenders]
TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Proposition 47, an initiative approved by voters in 2014, reduced penalties for certain retail theft and drug offense charges.
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VERBATIM: Governor Gavin Newsom says the state has enough tools to go after professional crime rings. He urges lawmakers to work on legislation bolstering existing laws and cracking down on resellers of stolen goods. But Republican and moderate Democrat lawmakers say California needs to consider all options to end the crisis. They want to go back to voters to implement harsher jail sentences for repeat offenders.