Gov. Newsom has signed two new bills that make it harder to steal and sell catalytic converters in California.
Under the new laws, scrap metal recyclers and junk dealers will be required to keep detailed records of the sales., Newsom said the bills are aimed at addressing one of the root causes of catalytic converter theft.
"That's those brokers and those middlemen, who pay top dollar for stolen parts... You take away the market for stolen goods, you can help cut down on stealing. It's not much more complicated than that," he said. According to estimates by BeenVerified using National Insurance Crime Bureau and Google search data, the number of monthly catalytic converter thefts in California were 14 times that of 2019.
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