"If you look at the national data, our violent crime rates are going up faster than the rest of the nation. Prosecutors and police have an explanation -- a series of prison reform measures, which reduce the state prison population by 20,000 inmates by releasing non-violent offenders early and making some felonies misdemeanors. After his release from Pelican Bay State Prison in April 2016, he violated parole four times. "California is certainly having a significant problem with the increase of crime in our state,” said California Assemblyman Matt Harper, R- Huntington Beach, who opposed AB 109. "What California needs to do is invest the savings gaining from reducing the state prison population,” Mauer said.

Source: Fox News April 17, 2017 23:15 UTC