Crime
April 9, 2025

Stealing under $950 is NOT legal in California

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The felony threshold of $950 was not changed under Prop 36, which recently passed in California.
  • Even after Prop 47, the threshold in California for charging shoplifting as a felony is lower than most other states across the country, including tough-on-crime states like Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Texas. 39 other states have a higher felony theft threshold than California.
  • The Governor led and signed a bipartisan legislative package of 10 bills that specifically cracked down on organized retail theft – establishing tough new penalties for repeat offenders, providing additional tools for felony prosecutions, and cracking down on serial shoplifters, retail thieves, and auto burglars – including AB 1960, the “smash and grab” bill that created steeper felony penalties for large-scale felony theft offenses.
  • Since 2022-23, the state of California has deployed a $1.6 billion Public Safety Plan, including hundreds of millions to combat organized retail theft and other crimes – $267 million for organized retail theft specifically.

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