They say don't leave valuables in parked cars in San Francisco. Rep. Adam Schiff didn't listen

San Francisco has an unwelcome estimation for car burglaries and visitors are warned not to permission valuables successful their vehicles

LOS ANGELES -- San Francisco has earned an unwelcome nationalist estimation for car burglaries that U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff was reminded of the hard way: The Democratic congressman had his luggage swiped from his car portion it was parked successful a downtown garage.

With his ceremonial covering gone, Schiff ended up astatine a fundraising meal Thursday for his U.S. Senate run dressed similar helium was headed to a Los Angeles Dodgers crippled — successful garment sleeves and an insulated vest. Others who attended the lawsuit were mostly decked retired successful suit jackets and ties.

Schiff’s run confirmed the burglary and declined further comment, citing an ongoing investigation.

“Yes, they took my bags,” the congressman lamented to the San Francisco Chronicle, adding that helium didn't privation to dwell connected his firsthand acquisition arsenic a transgression victim.

Statistically, reported car break-ins are down successful San Francisco, but vehicles with busted windows and sprinkles of breached solid stay a communal show successful the city. Visitors and residents are perpetually reminded to region valuables from parked cars.

It was proposal Schiff neglected to follow.

In August, the city’s constabulary main announced a crackdown connected warring car smash-and-grabs. The San Francisco Police Department reported astir 900 break-ins successful February, down from 1,850 successful July. There were much than 3,000 reported thefts successful September 2022.

Schiff, a erstwhile national prosecutor, roseate to nationalist prominence arsenic the pb authoritative successful then-President Donald Trump’s archetypal impeachment trial. Schiff says connected his run website that helium is “committed to reforming our breached transgression justness strategy and keeping California families and communities safe.”

Schiff was the people of plentifulness of societal media snark pursuing the crime: “Democrats person cipher to blasted but themselves,” 1 idiosyncratic wrote connected the societal level X.

The burglary involving a salient subordinate of Congress recalled the July 2021 robbery and battle of erstwhile U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer successful adjacent Oakland, different San Francisco Bay Area metropolis that has struggled with transgression rates. She was pushed by an assailant and had her compartment telephone stolen, but was not earnestly injured.

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Blood reported from Los Angeles. Associated Press writer Janie Har successful San Francisco contributed.