Ta proposes a bill to deter retail theft gangs

In an effort to stem the rash of retail theft ring robberies, Assemblyman Tri Ta (R-Westminster) has introduced a bill that would make it an automatic felony for non-residents to steal from retailers in California.

“California will no longer be a haven for shoplifting,” said Ta. “With this bill we are sending a clear message to these career criminals that they are not welcomed in this state and we will hold them accountable.”

Target, for example, reported that it lost $400 million more in gross profits to theft in California than in the previous year.

By Jim Tortolano Orange County Tribune

So, why did you want to leave your job as city manager in Garden Grove to go and do the same thing in Palm Springs?

“You know,” said Scott Stiles over an English muffin at Kaye’s Kitchen on historic Main Street in downtown Garden Grove, “that’s the thing that everyone asks me.”

The answer to his recent announcement of a decision to move from the land of Disney, strawberries and beaches to a sprawling desert city lies in the n Navigation Center for the homeless n Expansion of the police department n SteelCraft urban outdoor eatery n “Rusty skeleton” becomes senior housing n Leadership during coronavirus crisis. patterns of a man who has cast aside his original ambition as a sports writer to pursue civic leadership from the Dakotas to Ohio to California.

“Maybe I’m ready for one more adventure. I’ve always had a bit of wanderlust,” he said.

Stiles, who has served seven and a half years in City Hall, said he didn’t seek out the job with Palm Springs.

At 64, and just having received a three-year extension on his seven-year contract with the Big Strawberry and a popular figure in a financially and politically stable city, he could have stayed where he was into retirement.