The situation was so dire last year at one Walgreens store in San Francisco, employees resorted to padlocking frozen foods.
The effort to undo some aspects of Prop 47 comes amid a broader check on some other liberal crime enforcement policies in America.
Police data shows that larceny theft, which includes retail theft and car break-ins, is down 37% from this time last year.
On Tuesday, San Francisco voters approved two ballot measures spearheaded by Breed.
Last September, the state announced it would be sending $267 million to law enforcement agencies throughout the state to tackle organized retail theft.
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