California crime has increased from pre-pandemic levels. (Fox News)
Proposition 47, passed in California in 2014, reclassified certain nonviolent offenses from felonies to misdemeanors. In 2016, voters passed Proposition 57, which increased parole opportunities for nonviolent offenders and allowed judges, rather than prosecutors, to decide whether juveniles should be tried as adults in certain cases.
"If the super majority Democrat legislature wants to really have a positive impact on crime, they should reverse some of their previous previously enacted reckless public safety laws that have dramatically negatively impacted public safety," Steve Cooley, former Los Angeles district attorney, told Fox News Digital. "I just think it's ironic that Adam Schiff, who endorsed George Gascon, very publicly and very enthusiastically, is a victim of a theft."
Cooley also argued that Soros-backed Los Angeles DA Gascon enacted several soft-on-crime policies that have caused more crime in the LA area.
Rep. Adam Schiff speaks to guests at a campaign event in Burlingame, California, on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Thieves allegedly broke into Schiff’s car and stole his luggage, causing him to wear casual attire to the event. (Lee Housekeeper )
Jeff Reisig, a district attorney in Yolo County, said after San Jose Mayor Mahan was accosted that "it’s more stark evidence that California’s urban centers have been turned into dangerous places, where seriously addicted, mentally ill and many violent people now roam freely due to weak state laws that have eroded accountability, deterrence and our quality of life."
"Many friends and family who live and work in the urban core of our big cities no longer feel safe even walking to lunch," Reisig said on X. "Some have been violently assaulted or threatened. Others just can’t stand the oppressive smell anymore. The root cause of so much of the chaos and decay in CA is Prop 47, which essentially decriminalized the use of hard drugs and repeat theft under $950."
Reisig encouraged voters to turn up at the polls this year to repeal Prop. 47.
Meanwhile, Schiff's opponent in the Senate race to replace the late Dianne Feinstein's seat, former MLB star Steve Garvey, told Fox News Digital in an interview last week he's "sorry that happened to my opponent" when asked about Schiff being a victim of theft hours before a ritzy campaign dinner, but attributed the incident to soft-on-crime policies.
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"This has been a long period of time where San Francisco has been deloused by crime," Garvey said. "I think that my opponent has to make a statement as to where he is on crime."
Thieves on Thursday broke into Schiff's car, which was parked in a downtown parking garage, and stole his bags. Without business clothes to wear, Schiff still proceeded to the event in shirtsleeves and a hiking vest, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, with others dressed in suits.
Fox News Digital reached out to Schiff's office for comment but did not hear back by time of publication.
Fox News Digital's Alexander Hall contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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