Johnny Wactor was in the wrong place at the wrong time. California. In 2024.

“Hard economic times,” according to the California legislature.

In 2022, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law to address the problem of catalytic converter theft from vehicles.

Senate Bill 1087 prohibited the purchase of a used catalytic converter from anyone except certain specified sellers, who maintained proper documentation to show lawful ownership. The bill analysis for the legislature explained that the price of the precious metals in a catalytic converter had risen due to scarcity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In April 2023, the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinance to make possession of a detached catalytic converter illegal without proof of ownership. Something much stronger was needed, but even that weak measure was opposed by Councilmembers Heather Hutt, Nithya Raman, Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Eunisses Hernandez.

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, who had earlier opposed the measure, said it would be better for the city to help people buy protective steel cages to prevent the thefts.

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