Gavin Newsom's crime comments ripped by California DA: 'Either he's ignorant ... or he's a liar'
Fox News
California Gov. Gavin Newsom faced some sharp criticism Wednesday after appearing to accuse police and prosecutors of not holding criminals to account.
"There’s deterrence when people are arrested for breaking the law and are prosecuted. We need arrests and we need prosecution. We need people held to account." "He should be ashamed of himself. This is the environment that he created. And he’s either ignorant of the statistics, or he’s a liar."
Newsom’s comments came after he praised three state laws, claiming they had helped reduce crime in the state: Proposition 47, which downgraded some felonies to misdemeanors; Proposition 57, which reduced prison sentences; and Assembly Bill 109, which shifted detainees from state prisons to local jails, FOX 26 of Fresno reported.
All three laws were enacted during the administration of Newsom’s predecessor, Democratic former Gov. Jerry Brown, according to the station. Newsom, a Democrat and a former mayor of San Francisco, had served as Brown's lieutenant governor, 2011-2019.