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A condemned inmate is led out of his east block cell on death row at San Quentin State Prison, in San Quentin, Calif. on Mar. 13, 2019. (Eric Risberg\/AP)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By Vanessa Serna
\nThe Epoch Times<\/p>\n
California<\/a>\u00a0is experiencing a wave of\u00a0crime<\/a>\u00a0despite Gov. Gavin Newsom\u2019s claims of a decrease during the past three decades, officials say.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got\u00a0violent crime<\/a>\u00a0off the charts,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Sacramento County District Attorney Anne Marie Schubert told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019ve got this tsunami of things that are happening. Violent crime, illegal guns, [and] rampant theft.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n On July 21 in\u00a0Los Angeles<\/a>, when asked if state policies are making crime worse, Newsom denied the state is seeing a rise in crime.<\/p>\n \u201cThe evidence doesn\u2019t back it up. Last three decades we\u2019ve actually seen a significant decline in crime in the state,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Newsom said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n According to a Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released in 2021, four major cities have witnessed an increase in homicide and car thefts.<\/strong>\u00a0Los Angeles, Oakland,\u00a0San Diego<\/a>, and\u00a0San Francisco<\/a>\u00a0are experiencing such heightened crime despite dropping in violent crime in March 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic began.<\/p>\n Data provided by PPIC shows that in 2020, Los Angeles reported a 40 percent homicide increase in comparison to 2019; Oakland reported a 36 percent increase. San Francisco and San Diego both witnessed increases from 41 to 48 percent and 50 percent to 55 percent, respectively.<\/p>\n In January and February 2021, violent crime was 12 percent lower in comparison to the first few months of 2020. PPIC attributed the decrease to fewer robberies and aggravated assaults. Out of the four cities, Oakland was the only one that witnessed an increase in aggravated assaults of about 10 percent.<\/p>\n \u201cThere isn\u2019t a person in the state who believes that crime is on the decline,\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>Rescue California<\/a>\u00a0campaign manager Anne Dunsmore told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have people casually walking out of the stores with stolen items. You have a store clerk who was shot and killed by people who are just going into stores and shoplifting. [Newsom] wants to manipulate numbers to make it look like California is roaring back and crime is on the decline.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Dunsmore said state policies enforced by Newsom, such as Prop 47, could attribute to heightened crime in the state. Through Prop 47, certain theft and drug possession offenses are marketed as misdemeanors rather than felonies. When passed, previous offenders that were serving sentences for felony offenses became eligible for resentencing.<\/p>\n Pending bill AB 333 would remove burglary, identity fraud violations, looting, and felony vandalism from gang-related crimes.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/CAjail.jpeg?itok=ADIAVHqq\")
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