{"id":2385891,"date":"2025-01-03T05:06:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-year-new-felony-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T05:08:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T10:08:45","slug":"new-year-new-felony-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-year-new-felony-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"New year, new felony &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-year-new-felony-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2385891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article \u200bdiscusses california&#8217;s recent passage of Proposition 36, wich reinstates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-c-house-passes-heartbeat-abortion-bill\/\" title=\"S.C. House passes heartbeat abortion bill\">felony charges<\/a> for repeat shoplifting and theft offenses, countering the previous \u200dlaw that \u2063had reduced such offenses to misdemeanors if\u2063 the value of stolen goods was below\u200c $950. \u200cFollowing \u2062the law&#8217;s implementation on December 18, some criminals \u2063have \u2062expressed surprise at the changes, as illustrated by a humorous\u2064 incident involving two women \u200cwho \u2064were apprehended \u200dafter stealing over $800 worth of\u200b items.\u200c They were shocked \u200dto learn that their actions were\u200d now classified as felonies. The\u200d article highlights voter sentiment in California,\u200d which is at odds with \u2063the state&#8217;s leadership, particularly Governor Gavin \u2062Newsom, reflecting a shift in legal consequences for theft and\u2062 aiming to take a tougher stance on crime.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">New year, new felony<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1902389\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"California\">California<\/a> voters decided in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Novembe\">November<\/a> that they wanted to celebrate the holidays and ring in the new year by locking up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/section\/news\/crime\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"criminals\">criminals<\/a> who are finding out the hard way that their get-out-of-jail-free cards have been revoked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>California voters defied the pro-criminal sympathies of Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) and other leading state Democrats to pass Proposition 36, which, among other things, allowed prosecutors once again to hit repeat shoplifters and thieves with felony charges and repealed the terrible California law that made shoplifting a slap-on-the-wrist misdemeanor if the criminal took under $950 in merchandise in each shoplifting spree.<\/p>\n<p>This has led to some wonderful realizations from the career criminals now getting caught up in the new law, which went into effect on Dec. 18. One such interaction between criminals was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/califfornia-proposition-36-changed-shopliffting-2005452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> by the Seal Beach Police Department, showing a conversation between two women who had just allegedly stolen $237 worth of goods from Kohl&rsquo;s and $600 worth of goods at Ulta Beauty. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a felony?&rdquo; the first woman asked. Her friend filled her in on the news: &ldquo;B****, new laws. Stealing is a felony.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s hard to tell which part is funnier: that the second woman admits she only got probation for stealing from Target last year in the same county or that the whole conversation is taking place in the back of a squad car.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&rsquo;m dying laughing.<\/p>\n<p>These two ladies didn&rsquo;t realize Prop 36 in California made stealing a felony again. <\/p>\n<p>Listen to their exchange&hellip;hahaha<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GB9tV4NuN8\">pic.twitter.com\/GB9tV4NuN8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bonchieredstate\/status\/1871247809359552600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A broadcast from local media in Sacramento tracked the new undercover shoplifting missions by local police, capturing a similarly great moment when a shoplifter begged for her normal citation so she could be let go, evidently unaware of the new law change.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shoplifters are already being arrested in Sacramento under Prop 36. Watch the video and listen closely. The person being arrested is begging to be cited and released. Because she&#8217;s done this before. They knew the deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffreisig?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jeffreisig<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NyIgcG8Hf2\">pic.twitter.com\/NyIgcG8Hf2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; T Wolf &#127745; (@Twolfrecovery) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Twolfrecovery\/status\/1870112091765649912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The difference is night and day, with law enforcement once again allowed to do their jobs and know that the people they are going to the trouble of arresting won&rsquo;t be back in a week committing the same crime over and over again. San Francisco is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kron4.com\/news\/bay-area\/san-francisco-da-files-charges-in-citys-first-prop-36-case\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"hitting\">hitting<\/a> a criminal with seven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">prior convictions<\/a> with steeper charges courtesy of Prop 36 after he stole $400 worth of cough medicine on Christmas Eve. San Bernardino is doing the <a href=\"https:\/\/ktla.com\/news\/california\/southern-california-woman-facing-enhanced-charges-with-prop-36-now-in-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"same\">same<\/a> with a woman with &ldquo;an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">extensive criminal history including convictions<\/a> for prior thefts&rdquo; who was stealing from Ulta Beauty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Police in Folsom have already made 30 <a href=\"https:\/\/folsomtimes.com\/video-folsom-police-make-30-retail-theft-arrests-as-prop-36-takes-effect\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"arrests\">arrests<\/a> thanks to Prop 36, recovering over $10,000 worth of stolen merchandise. That is an average of around $333 per thief, well below the previous standard of $950 that let repeat thieves get a slap-on-the-wrist citation and go back to their lives of crime. Under the old system that Newsom and state Democrats loved so much, state retailers lost an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextbigfuture.com\/2023\/10\/us-retail-theft-is-about-95-billion-and-california-leads-with-7-8-billion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"estimated\">estimated<\/a> $7.8 billion in annual revenue, while cities such as San Francisco lost businesses that closed their doors thanks to the regular shoplifting losses.<\/p>\n<p>It is a Christmas miracle, made possible not by California&rsquo;s political &ldquo;leaders&rdquo; but by the voters themselves. The holiday season is a time of giving, and California voters decided to give career criminals a few more consequences for their crimes, with law enforcement officials playing the role of Santa to deliver them. The new year can now be one in which California is more focused on locking up criminals and less focused on locking up toothpaste and deodorant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1902389\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1902389\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California voters chose to enforce stricter penalties on criminals as the new year begins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2742,"featured_media":2385892,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24274681603958.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7204,6914,47809],"class_list":["post-2385891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-crime","tag-felony","tag-new-year"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/AP24274681603958.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2742"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2385891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2385895,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2385891\/revisions\/2385895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2385892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2385891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2385891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2385891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}