The Riverside County Sheriff argues liberal state lawmakers are giving in to a 'far-left agenda' that is fueling rising crime across parts of California.
, which transferred responsibility for some inmates and parolees from state authorities to county jails and probation officers.
Crime ticked up in California following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic — violent offenses increased about 5.6% statewide from 2020 to 2021 and property crimes increased around 2% over the same time frame. But both figures remained far below historic levels seen during the gang wars of the early 1990s, data from the California Department of Justice shows.
Statewide 2022 figures are not available yet, but the number of incidents the Riverside Police Department responded to last year fell slightly compared to 2021, according toBianco described the majority of Democrats in California politics as good people who want to make a difference, but said the state government is"run by an extreme far-left agenda" based on emotion, not facts.
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