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2024-02-25 20:38:53 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F805977CCC887691058A18DB8080A9EF08A9A751D80E4523D70E65ED4B34E6CC
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This is false. Violent crime is down in California. Killings and shootings were down 17% and 10%, respectively in 2023. Both property and violent crimes fell in the first half of 2023. Crime has been trending overall down since a peak in the 1980's https://www.cjcj.org/news/research-memo/crime-especially-homicide-declines-in-california-cities-in-first-half-of-2023 https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-24/la-officials-violent-crime-fell-by-double-digits-in-2023 https://www.ppic.org/publication/crime-trends-in-california/
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