California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Friday targeting organized retail theft and other property crimes that will include stricter punishments for repeat offenders. Newsom signed ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 10 bills into law on Friday to combat retail theft in a last-ditch scramble to deal with rampant crime. The bills raise penalties and fines for shoplifting ...

With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signing of a package of 10 bills last week, California has a new suite of tools to fight organized retail crime and other property theft, while holding on to criminal ...

California’s Democratic leaders say it’s meant to target organized criminals who raid retail and designer stores.

Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims ... to the problem of retail theft in the state. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every ...

Newsom at the signing ceremony for the retail-theft bills ... called the 10 bills “the most significant legislation to address property crime in modern California history.” ...

In many ways, the bills go further than the retail theft and drug crackdown ballot ... for sale were not stolen and to alert police if a California-based seller is attempting to sell stolen ...

People who commit crimes should pay a price for their misdeeds. (“California Legislature passes bills to curb retail theft over objections from some Democrats,” Aug. 12) Persons who are ...