>I don't know what you're talking about with petty theft. You can still absolutely charge someone with petty theft or petty theft with priors. CAPC: Say thefts

>I don't know what you're talking about with petty theft. You can still absolutely charge someone with petty theft or petty theft with priors. CAPC: Say thefts of $950 dollars or less is shoplifting. You cannot add petty theft with priors to it. >Ok, so your problem is with prosecutors, not with the $950 threshold. Are you sure that CA prosecutors are uniquely unwilling to charge people for non-felony theft? The law heavily disincentivizes it. And your supes, mayors, and activists push back against prosecutors using the full extent of the law. Often citizens have pass additional laws because existing laws are ignored. >This is a very different claim than "It is legal." That's a red herring. I made no such claims. It would be imbecilic to believe it were legal. Other states jail and or fine shoplifters under the felony threshold, Calif does not and has led to increased opportunistic as well as organized shoplifting.