After crunching the numbers on yesterday's Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report from the FBI, I found pretty much the same thing I have been finding for the last several years. In California, where "let 'em all loose" mania is more severe than in the country as a whole, crime trends are less favorable than in the country as a whole. This should not surprise anyone.
For cities over 100,000 population which reported for both first half 2016 and first half 2017, California cities had a 0.41% increase in violent crimes while U.S. cities outside California had a 1.16% drop. In property crimes, California cities had a 1.07% increase while non-California cities had a 1.09% drop.
These differences are less stark than I found two years ago, but the effects are cumulative. California's leaders continue to pursue their delusion that criminals are actually nice people who can be let out without consequence, and regular folks pay the price.
And Xavier Becerra has his priorities right--threatening criminal prosecution for First Amendment protected activity--i.e., cooperating with law enforcement.
There are a lot of really slimy elected Democrats in this country---Becerra has rocketed to the top.
Maybe state-legal marijuana will help... ;-)
Caution against ranking
Figures used in this Report were submitted voluntarily by law enforcement agencies throughout the country. Individuals using these tabulations are cautioned against drawing conclusions by making direct comparisons between cities. Comparisons lead to simplistic and/or incomplete analyses that often create misleading perceptions adversely affecting communities and their residents. Valid assessments are possible only with careful study and analysis of the range of unique conditions affecting each local law enforcement jurisdiction. It is important to remember that crime is a social problem and, therefore, a concern of the entire community. In addition, the efforts of law enforcement are limited to factors within its control. The data user is, therefore, cautioned against comparing statistical data of individual agencies. Further information on this topic can be obtained in Uniform Crime Reporting Statistics: Their Proper Use.
https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/preliminary-report
And the O.P. does not make "direct comparisons between cities." It discuss only the much larger aggregates of California and non-California.