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To: TideGlider who wrote (882548)	8/26/2015 3:59:59 PM
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In the Wake of Proposition 47, California Sees a Crime Wave Debra J. Saunders \| Aug 16, 2015 townhall.com The "Safe Neighborhoods and Schools Act" isn't living up to its promise. Also known as Proposition 47, the California ballot initiative, which was approved in November 2014 with 60 percent of the vote, downgraded drug possession and many property crimes from a felony to a misdemeanor. Proponents argued that lesser punishment for low-level offenders would enhance public safety. San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon was the rare prosecutor who pushed for its approval. He told the San Francisco Chronicle, "What we have been doing hasn't worked, frankly." Gascon spokesman Alex Bastian told me, "The voters indicated that possessing small amounts of narcotics" should not constitute a felony. Californians don't want three-year sentences for drug possession. I don't, either, but on the ground, the legal fix is not living up to its hype. Prop 47 has made it easier for drug offenders to avoid mandated treatment programs. The measure reduced penalties for the theft of goods worth less than $950. Habitual offenders know that, critics say, and they've changed their habits to avoid hard time. The measure's approval also prompted the state to free some 3,700 inmates. In San Francisco, theft from cars is up 47 percent this year over the same period in 2014. Auto theft is up by 17 percent. Robberies are up 23 percent. And aggravated assaults are up 2 percent, according to San Francisco police spokesman Carlos Manfredi. Burglaries are down 5 percent. The City of Angels saw a 12.7 percent increase in overall crime this year, according to the Los Angeles Times; violent offenses rose 20.6 percent, while property crime rose by 11 percent. Mayor Eric Garcetti says Prop 47 may explain Los Angeles' change in course from crime reduction to crime increases. Cont...

To: TideGlider who wrote (882548)	8/26/2015 7:06:17 PM
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Another law enforcement officer’s gun stolen, this time in Oakland By Henry K. Lee Updated 12:35 pm, Wednesday, August 26, 2015 sfgate.com A Hayward police officer’s gun was stolen during a car burglary in Oakland’s Fruitvale District on Wednesday, marking at least the third such theft in the Bay Area in recent months, authorities said. The latest incident was reported about 10 a.m. when members of an unspecified task force reported to Oakland police that an officer’s duty weapon had been stolen from a car parked near a Starbucks at the Fruitvale Station shopping center on the 3000 block of East Ninth Street. Police, including officers in unmarked vehicles, were searching the area for any signs of the thieves or the gun. Officers were told to be on the lookout for a .40-caliber SIG Sauer P226, four magazines, an iPad and other items, including Hayward police identification. Hayward police did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday. The parking lot is no stranger to car burglaries. In July 2014, thieves broke into a KPIX-TV news van and stole personal items. On Friday, a loaded .40-caliber SIG Sauer P239 handgun, badge and ammunition belonging to UC Berkeley Police Chief Margo Bennett were stolen from her unmarked Dodge Escape as she went for a jog before work at the Point Isabel Regional Shorelinein Richmond. In July, a gun stolen from the car of a federal Bureau of Land Management agent was allegedly used to kill Kathryn Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco. The case sparked a national debate over sanctuary-city laws because the alleged shooter had been released from San Francisco jail even though federal immigration agents wanted to deport him.