I was thinking particularly of LA’s no longer enforcing shoplifting laws. I assume the retailers will jack up prices to cover their losses. If it were San Francisco, the supervisors would then force retailers to drop their prices back down. Maybe LA will.
I’m sorry, you’re slightly mistaken; it was a state proposition which decriminalized shoplifting under $950 where the maximum enforcement is issuing a citation. We’ve also pretty much waived any payment of bail for ‘minor crimes’, so even when they don’t show up for their court cases, it’s just a moment in the jail for their booking and nearly immediate release. (whereupon they’ll get another warrant out for not appearing and it repeats...)
In some cases, cops now just tell the person to move along without identifying them, lest they find a warrant which ties them up for a couple hours in reports while the perp is out before they’re even done writing.