A new report shows that despite record spending on law enforcement in California, the clearance rate - that is the rate of crimes solved - was the lowest ever. Researchers from the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice found that the state spent a record $27 billion on police in 2021 - but the clearance rate was just 13% for all reported offenses, down from 20% in 1985. Senior Researcher for the Center and report author Mike Males explained. .
Under proposed legislation being considered by Republican lawmakers, Kentucky renters would face harsher criminal penalties for property damage. Penalties would increase for sleeping in a tent in public areas, and for violent offenses, among other measures. Ben Carter, senior litigation and advocacy counsel with the Kentucky Equal Justice Center, explained state lawmakers already passed a law a few years ago that made damaging rental property in excess of $1,000 punishable as a felony. .
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 residents, business owners and social-justice groups. Tinisch Hollins, executive director of the nonprofit Californians for Safety and Justice, said everyone agreed on one thing. .
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