I can tell you here in SoCal, people simply don't call the police any longer for crimes like this. There are no longer any consequences for low level thievery i

I can tell you here in SoCal, people simply don't call the police any longer for crimes like this. There are no longer any consequences for low level thievery in California. This sort of thing is rampant in my area, along with other crimes and the criminals know the police won't do anything about it. A lot of this is due to Prop. 47, which basically doesn't allow for enforcement of property crimes under $1000 value. Businesses have been complaining about this too; gangs target stores and have people steal items that stay under the $1000 limit and they act with impunity. Violent crime is also up in my area, we have been averaging of one shooting a night. This is why so many people have been leaving the state in the last few years. I remember reading about some higher end electronic shop in SF shutting down due to the robberies that were happening far too often.