In San Jose, an ordinance aimed at cleaning up the city shifts burden onto grocers by mandating locking grocery carts or third-party retrieval services for stolen carts. While addressing abandoned carts is a necessary effort, the city’s new pilot program, alongside state bill SB 753, proposes charging grocers for the return of stolen carts. This poses a threat not just to grocers’ financial wellbeing but also to the affordability of groceries for consumers, undermining their ability to shop economically during challenging times.
The city's ordinance requires grocery carts to have locking mechanisms and allows San Jose to create its own retrieval program, undermining grocers' rights.
SB 753 would permit local governments to charge grocers for returning stolen carts, turning stolen property into a source of revenue, which contradicts fundamental principles.
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