WTF Just Happened To California?!

"this new bill however aims to lump all the theft together so if you're caught stealing $500 worth of goods on day one and then another $500 on day 89 even if it's in another County all of a sudden that's over the $950 limit and subject to Grand security camera security this also makes it a crime to possess stolen property over $950 which creates a crime that didn't exist before and it also allows peace officers to make a warrantless arrest if they suspect somebody is shoplifting"

"the state of California has required us to build almost 9,000 units over 6,100 that have to be affordable so that's a different issue we have to build we don't have expansive uh areas of vacant land so we're literally going to take probably bergamont artstate we're going to take empty parking lots on Main Street in Santa Monica anything we can to try and satisfy the state because their law is we have to provide the units if we don't provide them starting in 2029 we can get find about $10,000 a day by the state or they can completely negate our zoning laws and just start zoning themselves"

"ultimately we've determined that it's better to protect someone's right to refuse service and live on the streets than get them the help they might not be mentally capable of accepting on their own and that means the problem is very likely to persist regardless of how much money you spend for instance I've witnessed people out there who I think are functionally incapable of ever assimilating back into society without severe intervention"