CA SB979

Prohibits entering the curtilage of a residential dwelling with intent to commit theft of a package shipped through mail or delivered by a public or private carrier.

Defines curtilage as an area adjacent to or immediately surrounding a residential dwelling where residential life extends, including porches, doorsteps, patios, stoops, driveways, hallways, and enclosed yards.

First or second violation is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for up to one year.

Third or subsequent violation within a 36-month period is punishable by up to one year in county jail or felony imprisonment in county jail for 16 months, or 2 or 3 years.

Exempts the state from reimbursing local agencies for costs under Article XIII B of the California Constitution as the costs result from creating a new crime.