Shoplifting and retail theft has become "rampant" in Vista, California, says the city's mayor, who put the onus on the Prison Realignment Act and Prop 47.
A California Bay Area county supervisor bemoaned soft-on-crime state laws and called for a crackdown on shoplifting as well as a task force to address retail crime rings.
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