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I didn't evict her because my children were living there and I couldn't have them be homeless on the streets. It's an extremely convoluted and ridiculous affair. I had gone to the courts numerous times letting them know that she was selling my stuff and they didn't care.
You say you "went to court" ... for what? Courts do not take crime reports. So, did you make a claim against her and sue her for the property? If not, why not? Since this seems to be a civil matter, that is where you will receive compensation - if she is capable of paying any award.

regardless, what she did was theft.
Apparently not, according to the local police. What you believe to be theft may NOT be under your state's law. It seems to be larceny, but, what it seems to be and what the status of larceny law is in your state may well be different.

She's not spoken to the police since she started all of this. Do I tell the police to just write a report on this because it's absolutely ridiculous what they are telling me.
How do you KNOW she has not spoken to the police? If she steals your stuff, can you believe her when she says the police have not contacted her? of course, if the cops are not looking into it, they would not care to talk with her.

I thought you said that you already reported it to the police, and they declined? Note that all you can do is report it to the police. You cannot force them to write a report, much less forward the matter to the prosecutor.

If you want to hedge your bets, write out a statement to provide to them. Include dates, times, and a description and value of all the taken/missing property. It's no guarantee they will take the report, but, it increases the odds.

Have you spoken to a supervisor, yet, to ask why they will not take a report?

basically I'm being told a friend can let me stay at his house for a week then I can move everything he owns out of his house while he's at work and it wouldn't be a crime because everything is community property because he let me live in the house. this doesn't seem correct at all.
Maybe if you and your friend have children together, used to be married, and you did it over a period of time and you declined to take action earlier ... maybe. There can sometimes be a fine line between a civil matter and a criminal one. What you describe sounds criminal to me, but, I have to think that there's something more to this if the police are not looking into the matter. That, or they are exceedingly lazy or dim in your neck of the woods.