The Breitbart News reported on May 20 that Walgreen’s, an American drugstore chain, was forced to close 17 stores in San Francisco after shoplifting became a rampant problem in the Democratic-run city.
In 2014 in a California referendum, California voters passed Bill 47 by a 6-4 margin, essentially legalizing shoplifting. Originally, theft of property was an immediate arrest if caught by police. Now, even if caught by the police, but the value of the stolen property is less than $950, the police can only release the thief even if they catch him. This essentially legalizes crime and, as a result, creates more crime.
The far-left San Francisco Chronicle also wrote the headline, “Out of control, organized crime drives burglaries in San Francisco, closing 17 Walgreens in 5 years.”
Ahsha Safaí, a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who presided over a hearing with retailers, police, the district attorney and the probation (probation) department, said on Thursday that “the situation is out of control, and seniors, people with disabilities, children are afraid to go into stores. The theft is just blatantly happening. We have to come up with solutions.”
Cunningham (Jason Cunningham) is the regional vice president for retail operations in California and Hawaii in Walgreens, Cunningham said at the hearing, “The cost of doing business and shoplifting has caused Walgreens to close 17 locations in San Francisco in the last five years.” There are still 53 stores operating normally in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Chronicle further reported that “Walgreens stores in San Francisco have a theft rate four times the national average for the rest of the country, and Walgreens’ security costs in San Francisco are 35 times higher than in the rest of the country. Another drug board chain, CVS, lost 42 percent of its Bay Area, of from 12 stores in San Francisco, which account for only 8 percent of CVS’s market share.”
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