Prop. 47, passed in 2014, has been fingered for much of the upswing in retail-related crime over more than a decade, as it set the felony threshold for most types of retail theft at $950 or more ...

$1 million in cash in a downtown L.A. bodega: Inside the crackdown on retail theft ‘fences’ Pedestrians walk past Big Apple in Los Angeles last week.

The retail theft package was crafted in part to fend off Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime ballot measure that, if it passes, will impose automatic sentence enhancements for repeat retail thefts ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Retail theft drew major headlines across California last year, as a statewide voter initiative targeting the issue took center stage. That initiative — Proposition 36 — ...