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Or even those Californians, such as many in San Francisco and Los Angeles, who are just fed up with the perception that California is soft on criminals.

Prisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more criminals could be tagged in future instead of being sent to prison - but insists he's not "soft on crime".

Appearing soft on illegal immigration could also be troubling for Newsom if he intends to run for president in a nation that elected a Republican in November who pledged mass deportations.

Somewhere the detail changed to him being “soft on the players” and a news outlet reported his faux past as a pro football referee as fact.

Criminals know the law is soft on shoplifting, Mr Puntambekar believes, so suspects are carrying out crimes in plain sight.