Democrats completely dominate California’s state government, and one aspect of that hegemony is their ability to act without compunction.
Video surveillance footage captured five suspects involved in a smash-and-grab robbery at a Manhattan Beach jewelry store on Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. One suspect was later arrested by Gardena Police officers, and authorities continue their search to identify and arrest the other four suspects.
Post-pandemic worries about crime were fueled by videos depicting brazen carjackings, home robberies and smash and grab assaults on stores. Just before the 2022 elections, the Public Policy Institute of California released a poll that confirmed the shift. Facts bolster the sentiment. Last July, Attorney General Rob Bonta, a strong criminal justice reform advocate, released annual crime data, revealing that the state’s violent crime rate increased by 6.1% in 2022, and property crime was up 6.2%. Homicides dipped, but robberies jumped by 10.2%.
Having finally gotten the message, Newsom and other Democratic figures began to recast themselves as crime fighters. The governor pledged to crack down on street crime and dispatched dozens of California Highway Patrol officers to bolster Bay Area policing. Legislative leaders now want to fine-tune criminal statutes to crack down on retail theft without materially changing the criminal justice reform measures that the Legislature and voters had enacted.
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