they didn't claim it was legal, they claimed it was de facto legal. It was not merely an adjustment to keep up with inflation, it was a whole social justice ca

they didn't claim it was legal, they claimed it was de facto legal. It was not merely an adjustment to keep up with inflation, it was a whole social justice campaign to keep people from going to jail for stealing the proverbial loaf of bread. Basically look the other way, poor folk are just trying to survive. It all gets flipped in the open on mission st. Even in the case that it's not just a ticketed offense (getting a ticket for robbing a pharmacy is wild to me) the cops could arrest somebody and see them back on the street a few days later, you'd stop doing your job too if your actions had no effect on the outcome.