Assessing a Claim: Is San Francisco's Shoplifting Problem Fake?
www.residentcontrarian.com
As I begin to write this post, you can probably figure out where I’m going with it. I’m conservative and I’m from Arizona; predictably, I hate the new Babylon that is California with a xenophobic passion that rivals a stomped ant nest. I think it’s reasonable to assume I wouldn’t write this article at all if in the end it turned out there actually wasn’t any problem and that the issues were the invention of a crazed right-wing media machine.
The first argument is totally specious. There is a huge difference between not a felony and decriminalization. In Oregon, stealing less than $100 is a not a felony. It is a Class 3 misdemeanor with penalties of up $1250 fine and 30 days in jail. Decriminalization means there is no penalty. There is no relationship between the two.
'(D) the value of the property stolen is less than $2,500 and the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of any grade of theft;'
Whoops! Texas has a three strikes law. So while their floor is pretty high if they’ve been caught stealing bubblegum twice and convicted, that third pack of Bazooka Joe still costs pretty dearly."
Consider clarifying your paragraph. It looks to me like the floor is pretty high if they *haven't* been caught two or more time; when they have, then the monetary floor is ignored (because of the two priors).
Every Democrat city, where the population isn’t exclusively wealthy like Martha’s Vineyard, is a shithole. The problem is not necessarily just the Democrat policies. The problem is that the people who live there are degenerates. That’s why Democrats keep getting elected.
It’s a chicken and egg problem. Is it the Democrat policies or is it the fact that the population is almost entirely degenerate people who like Democrats? Bit of both probably.
The good news is that ADS’s desperate, pagan clawing to rescue Democrats with “robust nuanced data context science” will not work. Nobody’s buying it.
For his next piece he should write about how a flood of millions of destitute people who don’t speak the language is actually good for your country……..unless it’s Europe in which case Ukrainians showing up is a crisis.
Come to San Francisco, ask me or any of my long-time neighbors if we feel safe? We will talk your ears off. The data calestenics you've done means zilch.
The first argument is totally specious. There is a huge difference between not a felony and decriminalization. In Oregon, stealing less than $100 is a not a felony. It is a Class 3 misdemeanor with penalties of up $1250 fine and 30 days in jail. Decriminalization means there is no penalty. There is no relationship between the two.
"a felony:
'(D) the value of the property stolen is less than $2,500 and the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times of any grade of theft;'
Whoops! Texas has a three strikes law. So while their floor is pretty high if they’ve been caught stealing bubblegum twice and convicted, that third pack of Bazooka Joe still costs pretty dearly."
Consider clarifying your paragraph. It looks to me like the floor is pretty high if they *haven't* been caught two or more time; when they have, then the monetary floor is ignored (because of the two priors).
The Wall Street Journal has a March 20 article on this topic: "Petty Thieves Plague San Francisco. ‘These Last Two Years Have Been Insane.’" https://www.wsj.com/articles/crime-san-francisco-petty-thieves-small-businesses-11647797642
Re: the Walgreens closures in SF: I’m here in Berkeley, and they’ve closed two of them in the last few months.
Every Democrat city, where the population isn’t exclusively wealthy like Martha’s Vineyard, is a shithole. The problem is not necessarily just the Democrat policies. The problem is that the people who live there are degenerates. That’s why Democrats keep getting elected.
It’s a chicken and egg problem. Is it the Democrat policies or is it the fact that the population is almost entirely degenerate people who like Democrats? Bit of both probably.
The good news is that ADS’s desperate, pagan clawing to rescue Democrats with “robust nuanced data context science” will not work. Nobody’s buying it.
For his next piece he should write about how a flood of millions of destitute people who don’t speak the language is actually good for your country……..unless it’s Europe in which case Ukrainians showing up is a crisis.
Come to San Francisco, ask me or any of my long-time neighbors if we feel safe? We will talk your ears off. The data calestenics you've done means zilch.