Trump claims crime is rampant in California. Newsom counters with stats showing historic lows
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Gov.Gavin Newsom used his final State of the State address to underscore California’s jaw-dropping crime figures — stats that he said refute the president’s claims about widespread murder and mayhem.
To put in perspective some of the numbers cited by the governor on Thursday: The last time homicides were this low in Oakland, Rev.Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.was visiting Joan Baez at Santa Rita Jail to commend her on her recent arrest in protest of the Vietnam draft.
Killings haven’t been so rare in San Francisco since superstar Marilyn Monroe wed baseball legend Joe DiMaggio at City Hall.And violent deaths in the city of Los Angeles fell to rates not seen since the Beatles played Dodgers Stadium, their penultimate public show.
“We have seen double-digit decreases in crime overall in the state of California,” Newsom said.“We’ve got more work to do, but to those with that California derangement syndrome, I’ll repeat — it’s time to update your talking points.” The governor’s remarks follow reporting by The Times that showed L.A.’s homicide rate is nearing a record low, mirroring trends in other cities nationwide.
California Theories about why killings were near historic lows last year include greater investment in community programs, a push by the LAPD to target repeat violent criminals and fallout from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.With the counts based on data from the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies, President Trump’s insistence that crime in California is out of control has come to seem increasingly bombastic.Recently, the president has modified his message to warn of a possible crime resurgence.“We will come back, perhaps in a much different and stronger form, when crime begins to soar again,” Trump said on Truth Social in a post announcing an end to his legal battle to maintain National Guard troops in L.A., Por...