Item 7.1
The attached presentation was
distributed to City Council at the
April 9, 2024, meeting.
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SACRAMENTO WASHINGTON, DC
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CENTRAL CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Legislative Update
April 9, 2024
Proposition 47 Reform
City of Orange Legislative Update – April 9, 2024
Governor Newsom
Intention to retain
Proposition 47
Opposed measure in 2020
to roll back Proposition 47
Proposed targeting
professional offenders for
organized retail theft
Advocated for expanded
penalties and new crimes
Legislature
Initially, bills aimed at
reforming Proposition 47 via
the ballot
Speaker Rivas and Pro-Tem
McGuire sponsored similar
packages aimed at targeting
organized retail theft
Packages do not touch
Proposition 47
Organized Retail Theft Bill Packages
Clarifies that theft crimes by the same
perpetrator can be aggregated
between different places and victims.
In addition, the bill will streamline the
process of reporting shoplifting
incidents directly to prosecutors
through a statewide program called
"CAL Fast Pass."
AB 1794 (McCarty)
Authorize a peace officer to make a
warrantless arrest for a misdemeanor
shoplifting offense not committed in
the officer’s presence.
Exempts a person arrested for
shoplifting from the release on
citation requirement.
AB 1990 (Carrillo)
This bill would require a person convicted of petty theft or shoplifting, if the person has 2 or more prior convictions for specified theft-related offenses, to be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for up to 3 years. Would have to be passed by voters in California.
SB 923 (Archuleta)
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Organized Retail Theft Bill Packages
AB 2406 would make it a crime to
cause, promote, employ, use,
persuade, induce, or coerce a minor
under 18 years of age to engage in
specified theft-related offenses.
AB 2406 (Davies)
Expands definitions of shoplifting
penal codes to include aggregated
property values to exceed $950, as
well as expands the definitions of
intent to sell, exchange, or return. It
also expands tools for police to arrest
for shoplifting based on a witness’s
sworn statement or video footage of
the crime.
AB 2943 (Zbur)
Creates a new and separate crime of forcibly entering a vehicle with the intent to commit a theft inside, punishable by either a misdemeanor or a felony. Removes requirement that vehicle owner prove the vehicle was locked to establish crime.
SB 905 (Wiener)
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The Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft
Reduction Act
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Increase penalties for certain
drug crimes
Adds fentanyl as a qualifier for
certain felonies
Some sentences must be
served entirely in State prison
Require a warning of future
criminal liability for people
convicted of drug distribution
Create a new court process for
certain drug possession crimes
Classifies certain drugs charges
as treatment mandated felonies
Increase penalties for certain
theft crimes
Two or more prior convictions
then theft of $950 or less is a
felony
Sentence enhancements for
property theft over $50,000
Contact Information
Christopher Townsend
President
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Eric O’Donnell
Director
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Anastasia Heaton
Senior Associate
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