Jail time, $1000 fines floated to address catalytic converter thefts in Los Angeles
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- The city of Los Angeles is exploring new penalties for anyone found to be in possession of a catalytic converter that they are unable to provide proof of ownership for.
A new city ordinance proposed by L.A. Councilmember John Lee at last week's city council meeting could lead to suspected catalytic converter thieves having to pay fines as much as $1,000 and face as much as six months in jail.
KTLA's Gene Kang reports on March 31, 2023.
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If the fine is less than the profits, it's just a cost of doing business. The same reason why all these billion dollar corporations willingly violate the law, because it's cheaper to pay the fines than obey the law.
😅 totally agree with you, that’s why the crime is so bad these days!!
@@ivanf4568 I hope you can understand this is just a part of the justice process.
It costs thousands to repair that damage you talkin about a piddling little thousand-dollar fine how about lock them up 20 years minimum and any business that accepts these stolen converters has just forfeited that business to the city
Welcome to Biden’s America!!! Get drag show and a stolen cat !!
$1000 seems a little low if it costs someone $8K to fix it. If it can be proven who stole it, they should have to pay every penny it cost to fix plus hardships of renting or using paid transportation. If they can't pay it then garnish their wages.
They say the problem is nationwide but I have not seen this where I live. I guess that is the benefit of living where the cops are so bored they'll pull you over for a license plate light. 😂
It doesn’t cost more than 4 grand in the worst of cases. And that’s including labor.
Some catalytic converter can be worth upto 1500$ in scrap so 1000$ fine means they can steal it and even if they get caught they would still make profit on it 🤣🤣
There is no reason to add that you are lucky to not have this problem.
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$1000 is ridiculous!
Those who calculate and impose these penalties have no idea about the cost and labor .
$1000 fines! These people in city hall are so stupid....$10,000 fines and 1 year in jail at the minimum.
yup
The cost to change a Cat is over $1000, and not include the victim money to use other vehicles. Unfair and weak penalty for those thieves. Dont tell me that they have family to feed. Victims have family to feed also.
$1,000 fine for a $3,000 theft. Makes sense
They need to do something. They stole the Catalytic converter from my wife's SUV.
It cost us $2,500 out of pocket after insurance reimbursement.
Weak. How about a 10,000 dollar fine and six years in jail.
$1000 is not enought for the fine!
all the laws in the world mean nothing if you don't enforce them
Throw them in prison!!!!! Do you even know the cost to replace it??????????????????
Just too many thieves out there....with little or non jail time.
this only skyrockets when they are allowed to get away with it
The fines should be like $25,000 and five years in jail
Both jail time and at least 5k and over in fines
$1,000?! Who the hell is setting these fines?
That should be at least a $30k fine cuz my car is worth more than a measly $1k.
Faith in the justice system lost.
Governor let them sell them for years recall Newsom
It needs to be $10,000 for each Catalytic Converter + jail time to have any deterrence.
Yeah agree. But you know it’s more about protecting the suspects in CA and screwing the victims.
A fine of "up to" $1,000.... ? That's not going to do anything to deter thieves. If they were to ever get caught (unlikely) and be forced to pay the maximum fine (even more unlikely) ... they could just go steal 2-3 more cats to make up for the fine and still come out ahead. The only effective deterrent would be to catch them in the act, take their cordless SawsAll away from them and use it to cut off their hands
Same with corporations lol. 250k fines for breaking the law when they make billions
No hand cutting are you crazy? They should be put down!
Yes I agree, let's turn this place into Muslim like world, bring Sharia law for thieves. I hear there are no thieves in Dubai for a reason.
Is jail time and fine recommended for ALL catalytic converter thieves?
Or just some of them?
In the People's Republic of Socialist Kalifornia certain race of criminals are not subject to jail time!
Please clarify the point.
Does the law include ALL races of criminals? Even the races that are not subject to prosecution nowadays?
Blacks get off Scott free. You know the deal.
@@joeyzasa7383 You think?
@@daryoushsameyah8329 They have been getting a serious pass since George Floyd. Everyone knows it too.
$1000 is not enough fine, that nothing. It.should be $8000, and a year in jail.
Is this a joke from city council? They probably don’t know how much ppl are suffering from thieves…
go after the buyers,they are the ones making the money,make recyclers not buy stolen anything
They are on the right track but the fines and the time need to be much higher or else it won't stop .
$1000.00 fine WTF... less than when I bought the New one.
1k fine lol.. they will make that in a day
Give them 5 years!! I remember I met a homeless guy that did 4 years for stealing a tip jar back in the days!!
This new era is just a joke!!
This is why i have a gated property with iron and brick fencing, and motorized gate for my driveway now
Lucky you but us normal people have to worry about that type of things. Be thankful 🥹
That's weak...should be 50k, jail time and community service so that they will think 2x
Wow what a brilliant idea punish people committing crimes 🤯
Should be both $1000 and 6 months jail period!! No deals!!
Why arent they arresting or giving a fine to people who are purchasing these converters? That should be illegal also? They need to crack down on that too.
Great question, where i live i see metal recyclers with big signs in front that say they pay top dollar for converters
@@dagored6863 that’s so ridiculous
Should be $5000 fine.
Yeah, how often do you catch these thieves, anyway? "Oh no, not a $1000 fine I'm not going to pay, anyway!"
$1000 dollar fine really? 😂
I remember my head gasket blew the cost to fix and labor is more than the car.
Catalytic converters cost to to eight grand to fix and you're only talking about finding them $1,000 somehow that doesn't make sense
6 months is a slap considering the amount of damage and money u have to spend to get it repaired. The penalty should b stiffer then that!
The fine amount should be at least the amount to get the new one replaced
Face deportation and severe fines for all cat converter thieves.
$1000 is worth paying after you’ve made $8000 in profit from stealing them. Jail time with no less than six months in jail minimum is required.
How can he be replacing that many of them with the short supply of new catalytic converters out there?
They have cheap knock- off converters to install temporarily until the good one comes in for California victims ( still good in the other 49 states). This shop also installs covers or chains to deter theft.
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It should be 20k fine! Or more
Just a $1000 fine when these people even kill car owners ....this is just sad
Welcome to Crimeifornia. Democrats Paradise
cats should have always had required vin engravings and special application to get them.
Yes do it!!!
if I ever catch anyone stealing my or anyone's cc, I hope they have good health or life insurance.
Has anyone gotten a shield on their Prius? Has anyone had a shield and they still took the Catalytic Converter? Trying to find a shop in 90034.
it's aready a fine and jail time for breaking into cars , like the criminals cares
Weak fines and punishment, state officials are doing poor job!
The longer jail time it will help to slow down the thieves to take advantage of this crime. And $10K fine the least !
Well done for the new law. Win- Win for the city and the thefts. Well lost for the victims and tax payers.
Restitution to the injured party and 6 months in jail. By that time their car will have been repo'd and have been evicted.
A couple guys were driving around with a camera scoping out cars in my neighborhood. I called cops about it and they did not care at all. They said I took too long to call about it and what are they supposed to do. I told them well seems like they're gonna come back and take convertors and figured theyd wanna know. And they were like "okay so you want make a report? So you want more patrol in yourarea?" But super annoyed. I regretted that call. All I did was stress myself out. Was A waste their time apparently . A week later at least 10 cars in my block were hit. Including ours but luckily they weren't able to finish. We found a blade on one side of the converter. I didn't even bother calling to report it. So they can say "okay so they didn't take it?"
got mine stolen a few years ago. hope they all go to jail.
I Believe 6months and 1,000 fines would probably make thefts think twice.
agree because right now they do nothing
1k and jail time isn't enough. 100k fine and 100 years in jail no parole
Islam they cut the hands off the thief
Stupid politician whoever setting this ordinance $1000 and 5 months jail time that peanuts for this guy's. They still get 3x meal in jail.
I got a shield on my Prius. Paid less than 150$ for the shield and installation.
it costs the owner at LEAST 3-4 thousand dollars to fix their car....but the fine is only $1000....what in the world!!!
To stop catalytic converter theft, you go after the people who buy them. If nobody was buying them, nobody would be stealing them.
$1,000 fine for stealing catalytic converter ? ? ? The fine is too lenient.
Minimum 10k fine & 10yrs prison time will put a stop to this. They damage your car, cause emotional stress, financially burden you, & drain your precious time trying to get it fixed. Why not?? Why are they allowed to harm the general public? It goes beyond shoplifting, this destroys your mode of transportation or livelihood. 1k penalty is a joke cause to them its like a parking ticket, just rob 3 cars and it pays for their fine.
$1000 dollars or jail time? lol..how is a thief going to be afraid of that? Mr. Thief can do 3 runs make $6k and pay $1K in fine...he still comes out on top profit-wise. 🤣
Oh thank god, problem solved.
They should be sentenced to hard labor in a shop that replaces catalytic converters for free.
It doesn’t take these dummies to think it over if it needs a final vote or not!
1,000? Make it 10,000. Imagine the time and headache they cause
1000 dollar fine? What a joke Gascon is.
How do fines help owners? You should make them pay for the loss.
They also need to fine the shop that buy them. They are part of the problem
Let me see it cost $5000 to replace one. But the fine is only $1000 who the hell is running city?
what this mean for thieve is that will split 50/50 to the city if only they get cought, the more they stole the better and the more profit the city get. what a wonderful justice system and business.
$100K fine and 10 years in jail per catalytic converter stolen!
Air resources board of California allows aftermarket converterrs, bought one for $85 install it myself air resources board approved of California
How about if carb wants to mandate super fancy converters from one brand only catco. Then they should pay the difference for a 50 state one. It’s 150 vs 800 for me. And that aftermarket what a rip off
1000 fine?!?!?!? Also the jail time it should be alteast a year minimum per Catalytic converter theft. No wonder they keep coming back out. Fix that stupid law.
$1,000 fine. Only California can come up with the lamest penalties for a serious crime like ripping someone's cat convertor, sometimes at gunpoint. Some of those things cost $3k to replace. F**k this state man.
What a joke the city council is.
ALL politicians are on the take. All are corrupt. Politics is a criminal enterprise.
1:48 "...to try and..."?
to
to try TO crackdown...
NOT HIGH ENOUGH! $5k because a lot of vehicles can not be repaired for a reasonable sum so the owners have to get another car.
As if a fine is going to stop these people, LOL! Some are stealing the converters because they don't have any money while others have mad a lucrative business out of it. Either way ... it's no reason to stop. Jail time (and lots of it) is the only thing that might possibly wake these criminals up.
Why does California make make these laws whereas the thief will not be jailed the thief will just be let go anyway in California...
Great job… $1000 fine and 6 months… yeah that’s really going to deter them. Try $50,000 fine and 20 years in jail.
dropping the jack on the criminal if they come my way.
It's the junk yards should be responsible cuz they're the ones that are taking and paying the people if they didn't accept them then the catalytic converters would be worthless
5 YEARS PRISON AND TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FIND!!!!
Fines don’t matter if they don’t get caught and not very many of them get caught.
$1000.00 fines? Nah! Make it a higher fine and or 6 months to a year in jail/prison.
People shouldn't have to buy deterrents for their catalytics.
$1000 fine is nothing. $10000 plus jail time
$1,000 fine?? My mom's car got stolen for her catalytic converter and she was quoted $6,000 to fix... looks like the city just wants their cut in the operation
Most criminals who steal catalytic converters are already hardened criminals who are sometimes high on meth and don't mind going back to jail.
So they just need to steal 1 converter to pay for their fine.😂
That’s too fken low on these kind of crime. Instead of put them in jail. Law maker should make laws that each time criminals steal, cut there finger off one by one. Others countries has these law in effect and even dare people to steal. United State can do better but corruption prevents from making tougher laws against criminals. Sad but true.
is this the same place where armed robbery is a misdemeanor?
1:40 "...the VIN number..."?
The Vehicle Identification Number number?
When did cats cost so much? I remember paying like 200 dollars for one in my old Acura integra
Yeah. Great reporting. Lazy journalist probably googled price of cats and in a hurry did not realize search results were exotic 😸
@@alphathefirstone1222 In theory yes. But has not happened. Catalytic converters are still as low as $200 new aftermarket. Some cars may have 4x of them, so that drives up the total. But really you can buy entire bolt on mid section exhaust systems including 2x catalytic converters for well under $500. Mid section meaning between headers and muffler. This section is often clamped and not welded and thus 'easily' replaced by DIY.
I paid $2000 (installed, ~$1500 part) for an OEM cat, got it stolen weeks later. New ones are out of stock because they've all been stolen. The EPA has regulated these non-essential $200 parts into $2000 thief magnets. Of course anyone who complains isn't cool enough to afford a new Ferrari with dual $5000 cat converters.
The low cost aftermarket cats don't meet California / New York requirements because they are smaller/ have less catalyst in them.
@@xxxYYZxxx said " The EPA has regulated these non-essential $200 parts into $2000 thief magnets. "
Cat converters clean up exhaust emissions more than you think.
You make them go install 100 for every one they steal as Community services plus fine with reimbursement of repair cost and time lost expenses.