retail

Nigel Duara CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom, still stinging from a public defeat last month, signed a package of bills on August 16 that he and lawmakers pledged will combat rising retail theft. The 10 bills are intended to make it easier to prosecute people suspected of retail and vehicle theft without...

California lawmakers are considering a range of options to combat a rise over the last two years of felony retail theft – large-scale shoplifting – and held the latest in a series of hearings in West Hollywood on Friday. The State Assembly Select Committee on Retail Theft heard from...