https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/05/07/elias-a-modest-proposal-to-solve-californias-retail-theft-problem/

Ask almost any police chiefs the reasons behind the last year’s rash of well orchestrated “smash-and-grab” robberies around California, and chances are they’ll say it’s largely because of the state’s 2014 Proposition 47.

Most would cite a need to change or reverse Prop. 47’s increase to $950 in the minimum theft value considered a felony or at least suggest a lower limit. That “solution” ignores the reality that police don’t like dealing with the trivial, though.