That was a growing problem before I left Shitsafornia. First, Prop 47 released "minor" offenders (including some murderers, burglars, and assailants, but I digress) into the public, with no jobs, no skills, many mentally ill, and most addicted to drugs, alcohol or both. Wow, what a ******* shock, homelessness exploded!!
Second, stealing property of less than $1,000 is now basically ignored. Hey, you know those tens of thousands of homeless, many former inmates with no job skills and a drug habit and who do not earn a nickel? Guess how they get by?
**** California. What a great, great state ruined by liberals. Jesus Christ, if liberals can **** up a state with that weather, that coastline, that proximity to the Asian markets, those ports, that agriculture, and that freeway system, think about what they can do to the rest of America.