Governor Newsom Signs Legislation to Crack Down on the Sale of Stolen Goods Online | California Governor - Office of Governor Gavin Newsom
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SB 301 requires online, high-volume, third-party sellers to provide key information, including a physical address
AB 1700 creates a reporting platform for the public to report suspected stolen items online
SACRAMENTO – With online marketplaces selling stolen merchandise, Governor Gavin Newsom today signed legislation to strengthen transparency rules for high-volume, third-party sellers and provide greater tools for law enforcement to identify stolen items, often taken from doorsteps or shoplifted at retail stores.
The Attorney General will share this information with local law enforcement agencies.
(D-Los Angeles), which gives law enforcement the ability to keep in custody individuals suspected of organized retail theft.
This bill will allow for law enforcement to keep in custody a person arrested for a misdemeanor if they have been convicted of theft from a store in the last six-months, or if there is probable cause that the individual is guilty of participating in organized retail theft.
The plan also includes grants for local law enforcement, prosecutors, and small businesses victimized by retail theft.
AB 655 by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) – California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act.
Today’s bill signing comes on the heels of the Governor’s announcement of California’s Real Public Safety Plan, which includes hundreds of millions in funding to provide grants for local District Attorneys to address retail theft, establish a statewide organized theft team in the Attorney General’s Office, make permanent and expands the Organized RetailTheft Task Force led by CHP, and create the largest gun buyback program in the country.
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