iirc, only three states have a threshold ≤ CA's old one and ~12 have one ≤ the new one

It appears 12 have a lower threshold, of which I have lived in three of those states. We didn’t mess around.

in reality it's not a good measure of concern about crime at all, but it feels good for people who need to perform toughness

Well, we obviously disagree. When you become a victim of crime, your reality changes.

Thanks. Florida is $750. They are doing it smarter. Indiana where I lived, is $750…same for Missouri. Virginia has it as $200, a “blue state”

Right, do this isn’t a simple red/ blue thing and the absolute evil you attribute to CA dems is still far stricter than most of the country. It is, in fact, better based on your metric than most red states