Claim: "Since the passage of Proposition 47 by voters in 2014 and the signing of AB 109 in 2011, violent crime has been on the rise in California, up 12 percent in 2015 statewide according to the FBI."
Fact-check: Has violent crime been on the rise in Calif. since 2011? 
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Chris Nichols
Date published: 2017-03-06T00:00:00