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2025-01-12 20:48:40 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 640003BC253E14D69A7EBD0049116C0310196604931FC1098F73D06609B238CF
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Looting was never decriminalized in California. A monetary limit determines whether the crime is a misdemeanor or a felony, but both misdemeanors and felonies are crimes, and such limits have been in existence for over a century, periodically adjusted for inflation https://allianceforsafetyandjustice.org/press-release/californias-real-felony-threshold-by-year-1872-2023-californias-felony-theft-threshold-is-lower-now-than-for-80-of-californias-history/#:~:text=California%20law%20distinguishes%20the%20seriousness,of%20goods%20as%20a%20felony.
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