Criminal profiteering: theft of delivered packages.

Existing law, the California Control of Profits of Organized Crime Act, provides the procedure for the forfeiture of property and proceeds acquired through a pattern of criminal profiteering activity, as specified. Under existing law, criminal profiteering activity is defined as certain acts or threats made for financial gain or advantage that may be charged as specified crimes, including, among others, grand theft and theft of personal identifying information. Existing law also defines organized crime for the purposes of these provisions as including, among other things, specified crimes that are of a conspiratorial nature and are either of an organized nature and seek to supply illegal goods and services, or crimes that, through planning and coordination of individual efforts, seek to conduct specified illegal activities. This bill would include within the definition of criminal profiteering activity the theft of personal property not exceeding $950 in value from the immediate area of the entry to the victim's residence, as specified, after being delivered and deposited in that location by a commercial delivery service or by the United States Postal Service. By increasing the burdens on local prosecuting agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.