The data showing if retail theft spiked – already an underreported theft – is less clear. Commercial burglaries dropped by 9% ...

A year ago, state Democrats blocked efforts to combat and prevent retail theft, but now the Legislature has created a select committee to study its cause. Last month, lawmakers sent 10 ...

In response to growing worries about crime in California, the Democratic-controlled Legislature has passed a set of stringent ...

Supporters say the bill aims to decrease retail theft by increasing the number of workers in self-checkout areas. Opponents ...

If members of the California Senate and Assembly are so eager to be involved in the day to day management of stores, then I ...

Last year, he signed 890 bills and ... on suspicion of retail theft even if the officer does not witness the crime. AB 3039, authored by Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer (D-Los Angeles), would ...

Proposition 36, if passed in November, would repeal a 10-year-old ballot initiative that reduced penalties for certain drug ...

Chatsworth, announced Wednesday that her 15-bill Legislative Package has successfully passed through both houses of the ...

California legislators completed the legislative session on August 31, sending hundreds of bills to Gov. Gavin Newsom for his ...

California lawmakers covered a lot of ground in the just-ended legislative session. Here are some key takeaways ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has until the end of September to sign a bill that would allow rental car companies to track the ...

Rachel Michelin, the president of the California Retailers ... half of lawmakers who authored the bills that passed last month said they believed retail theft grew as a dominant theme in part ...