BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Fed-up business owners and citizens headed to Luigi’s Restaurant in Bakersfield to sign a petition Friday for the Retail Crime, Homelessness, and Drug Addiction Act .
The proposed legislation would address issues with Proposition 47 , according to District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer.
“It emboldened people who want to steal,” said Zimmer.
The owners of House of Talula and Moo Creamery signed the petition and say they are tired of constantly being victimized by thieves.
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“It’s endless, literally we were broken into last week on Thursday, installed new glass on Friday, then it was bashed in again on Monday morning,” said House of Talula owner Chris Ludwig. “I mean it’s just constant. We get no relief, we get no support.”
Broken windows are just some of the issues Moo Creamery owner Jessica Pounds deals with as well.
“They steal our registers, crowbar into the office and they do a lot of damage breaking windows and crowbarring our doors … there is just no end to it,” said Pounds.