recidivist felons.
“Gavin Newsom as governor has made it extremely hard for me to do my job and extremely hard for law enforcement to do their job,” Kern County District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer complained at a September 2 pro-recall rally in Bakersfield.
“Gavin Newsom does not care about crime victims. He is soft on crime, and he cares more about criminals than he does about victims.”
Zimmer lamented that Newsom freed some 20,000 inmates, with even more early releases to come.
Elder sees trouble ahead for the Golden State and recommends this wise way to avoid it:
“As many as 76,000 more felons will be eligible for early release over the next several months, the next several years, if this man [Newsom] remains in office.
The Golden State’s governor also supported Proposition 47, a ballot measure that lowered shoplifting offenses from felonies to misdemeanors, provided that the stolen goods do not exceed $950, per offense.
Hochman, who is an independent, is running in November against democrat LA County District Attorney George Gascon, who is the co-author of Prop 47.
He said over the past year, shoplifting has increased by about 81% in LA County.
Most of the people who are detained for non-serious and non-violent crimes could be cited and released at the scene, or booked and then released from jail with orders to appear in front of a judge if charges are filed.
However, many never bother to show up to court, Hochman said.
Under Gascon's policies, prosecutors also are instructed not to ask the judge for a bail hold on non-serious and non-violet offenders.
'Right now you can commit 800 misdemeanors and it will never become a felony charge,' Hochman told DailyMail.com. 'So in LA County, you have a combination of these Prop 47 laws with a prosecutor [Gascon] who refuses to prosecute certain types of crimes. It leads up to a situation where many criminals throughout Los Angeles County believe that they have a license to steal, and often.'
Hochman added while Newsom and other supporters of Prop 47 were 'looking for short-term fixes,' the current law has not stopped repeat offenders.
Mayors in California are looking around and are pulling their hair out saying that the laws are weak,' Hochman said. 'And even if they are enforced, the criminals understand them better than the legislatures because they keep committing these crimes and have almost no punishment exacted even if they do get caught. They go back and do it again.'
'I think California voters are incredibly fed up, frustrated and are looking for elected officials and propositions to support that go a long way towards reestablishing safety in their communities.'
Yes Jerry Brown is to blame as well. Newsome however was lieutenant governor at the time and even called Brown a great political figure. He hasn't done anything to make any changes.
Yes he is soft on crime.
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