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RESOLUTION NO. 2018-69
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE REDUCING CRIME AND
KEEPING CALIFORNIA SAFE ACT OF 2018
WHEREAS, protecting every person in our state, including our most vulnerable
children, from violent crime is of the utmost importance. Murderers, rapists, child molesters
and other violent criminals should not be released early from prison; and
WHEREAS, since 2014, California has had a larger increase in violent crime than the
rest of the United States. Since 2013, violent crime in Los Angeles has increased 69.5%.
Violent crime in Sacramento rose faster during the first six months of 2015 than in any of the
25 largest U.S. cities tracked by the FBI; and
WHEREAS, The FBI Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report for 2017,
which tracks crimes committed during the first six months of the past year in U. S. cities with
populations over 100,000, indicates that last year violent crime increased again in most of
California's largest cities; and
WHEREAS, recent changes to parole laws allowed the early release of dangerous
criminals by the law's failure to define certain crimes as "violent." These changes allowed
individuals convicted of sex trafficking of children, rape of an unconscious person, felony
assault with a deadly weapon, battery on a police officer or firefighter, and felony domestic
violence to be considered "nonviolent offenders"; and
WHEREAS, as a result, these so-called "non-violent" offenders are eligible for early
release from prison after serving only a fraction of the sentence ordered by a judge; and
WHEREAS, violent offenders are also being allowed to remain free in our
communities even when they commit new crimes and violate the terms of their post release
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I community supervision, like the gang member charged with the murder of Whittier Police
2 Officer, Keith Boyer; and
3 WHEREAS, this measure reforms the law so felons who violate the terms of their
4 release can be brought back to court and held accountable for such violations; and
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WHEREAS, nothing in this act is intended to create additional "strike" offenses
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7 which would increase the state prison population, nor is it intended to affect the ability of the
8 California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to award educational and merit
9 credits; and
10 WHEREAS, recent changes to California law allow individuals who steal repeatedly
11 to face few consequences, regardless of their criminal record or how many times they steal;
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14 WHEREAS, as a result, between 2014 and 2016, California had the second highest
15 increase in theft and property crimes in the United States, while most states have seen a steady
16 decline. According to the California Department of Justice, the value of property stolen in
17 2015 was $2.5 billion with an increase of 13% since 2014, the largest single -year increase in
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at least ten years; and
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20 WHEREAS, grocery store operators around the state have seen unprecedented
21 increases in the amount of losses associated with shoplifting in their stores, with some
22 reporting up to 150% increases in these losses from 2012 to present, with the largest jumps
23 occurring since 2014; and
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WHEREAS, shoplifting incidents have started to escalate in such a manner that have
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I WHEREAS, individuals who repeatedly steal often do so to support their drug habit.
2 Recent changes to California law have reduced judges' ability to order individuals convicted
3 of repeated theft crimes into effective drug treatment programs; and
4 WHEREAS, California needs stronger laws for those who are repeatedly convicted
of theft related crimes, which will encourage those who repeatedly steal to support their drug
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7 problem to enter into existing drug treatment programs. This measure enacts such reforms;
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9 WHEREAS, collecting DNA from criminals is essential to solving violent crimes.
10 Over 450 violent crimes including murder, rape and robbery have gone unsolved because
11 DNA is being collected from fewer criminals; and
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WHEREAS, DNA collected in 2015 from a convicted child molester solved the rape -
14 murders of two six-year-old boys that occurred three decades ago in Los Angeles County.
15 DNA collected in 2016 from an individual caught driving a stolen car solved the 2012 San
16 Francisco Bay Area rape/murder of an 83 -year-old woman; and
17 WHEREAS, recent changes to California law unintentionally eliminated DNA
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collection for theft and drug crimes. This measure restores DNA collection from persons
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20 convicted for such offenses; and
21 WHEREAS, permitting collection of more DNA samples will help identify suspects,
22 clear the innocent and free the wrongly convicted; and
23 WHEREAS, this measure does not affect existing legal safeguards that protect the
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privacy of individuals by allowing for the removal of their DNA profile if they are not
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor and City Council of the City of San Bernardino hereby
support the Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2018.
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RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN
BERNARDINO, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE REDUCING CRIME AND
KEEPING CALIFORNIA SAFE ACT OF 2018
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Mayor
and City Council of the City of San Bernardino at a Joint Regular Meeting thereof, held on the
21St day of March 2018, by the following vote, to wit:
Council Members:
MARQUEZ
BARRIOS
VALDIVIA
SHORETT
NICKEL
RICHARD
MULVIHILL
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Georgeann anna, CW, , City Clerk
The foregoing Resolution is hereby approved this 21St day of March 2018.
R. Carey Daeernardino
Mayor
City of San
Approved as to form:
Gary D. Saenz, City Attorney
By:
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