lawlessness

Panic over lawlessness in San Francisco drove the progressive Boudin’s ouster two years ago, even though crime rates fell while he was in office.

Mr. Trump’s corruption and lawlessness go beyond elections: It’s his whole ethos.

California voters on Tuesday approved a November ballot measure that will impose stricter penalties for repeat theft and crimes involving fentanyl, steering away from recent progressive policies that critics blamed for increased lawlessness.

That reform has been scorned by critics who claim there was a rise in property crimes and lawlessness after its passage, despite a recent think tank report that found little evidence to suggest Proposition 47 is directly to blame for fluctuations in property and drug crimes in the decade since.

But Garcia doesn’t understand why routine lawlessness in the area is generally tolerated by authorities.