Willie Johnson, previously convicted of theft misdemeanors and a felony robbery, faced felony charges for stealing toilet paper due to prior convictions under California's Proposition 36. Despite the district attorney, Brooke Jenkins, arguing for felony charges to enhance public safety, San Francisco Superior Court Judge Geraldo Sandoval reduced the charge to a misdemeanor. Jenkins publicly criticized the judge's ruling, stating it contradicted the voters' intent expressed in Proposition 36, which aims to hold habitual offenders accountable. Johnson now faces a maximum of one year in jail instead of three years for a felony conviction.
Since the passage of Prop 36 my office has been working to implement the will of the people and filed dozens of cases using the new tools available to us.
Judge Sandoval's decision went against the clear will of the voters... This behavior epitomizes the broken laissez-faire policies of our justice system.
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