There were 52,000 fewer arrests in California last year.At the same time violent crime jumped 10 percent, shoplifting surged 12 percent and theft 11 percent.The “experts” — read that people who crafted Proposition 47— are declaring the measure a success.Voters in 2014 embraced it on the promise it would reduce crime by the decriminalization of drug use and therefore not give casual users a criminal record laden with felony convictions. The measure accomplished that by reducing penalties for the possession of certain drugs as well as for various property crimes.Of course it was a success. It is the same as improving air quality by lowering the threshold for pollutant emissions.The experts say it is too soon to tell whether the run up in crime in California is a direct result of less arrests being made.