San Diego County officials are urging a judge to issue the maximum sentence for a repeat offender arrested in Escondido last month, making it the 10th time the suspect was arrested in the last two years.
Supervisor Jim Desmond was joined by Escondido officials at a June 21 news conference where they blamed Proposition 47, 57, and Assembly Bill 109 for the offender’s record, identified as Craig Blas.
These policies, which were part of the state’s criminal reform efforts, have become center stage for California’s debate over the rising crime rate.
“I really think we need change in Sacramento for some of these laws that are really soft on crime and lack consequences for criminals,” Desmond told The Epoch Times….