ICYMI: “Incarceration, violent and property crime rates lower than 30 years ago”

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Additionally, the California Highway Patrol just received additional funding to continue its efforts to combat secondary roads.

Today's PPIC analysis and CHP investments come as Governor Newsom announced a CHP partnership with San Bernardino and more than 10,000 arrests have been made from the state's Organized Retail Theft grants.

Keep Californians safe

California has invested more than $1.1 billion since 2019 to fund crime-fighting resources and personnel, help locals, hire more police officers and improve public safety. In 2023, as part of California's Real Public Safety Plan, the Governor announced the largest-ever investment to combat organized retail crime in the state's history, a 310% annual increase in proactive operations to combat organized retail crime, and special operations operations across the state to combat crime and improving public safety.

This year, the governor signed the most significant bipartisan anti-property crime bill in California's modern history. Building on the state's strong laws and record-breaking funding for public safety, these bipartisan bills provide tough new penalties and additional law enforcement tools to crack down on serial thieves, retail thieves and car burglars. The governor also signed a bipartisan legislative package to impose tougher penalties, increase accountability and strengthen law enforcement's ability to combat sideshows and deter illegal activities such as drifting, street racing and blocking intersections.