WOODLAND, CA (MPG) - On Dec. 20, Jassen Colianni, a Yolo County transient, was charged with Yolo County’s first Proposition 36 felony possession of drugs under the newly enacted Proposition 36.

Colianni, 48, was charged with a violation of Health and Safety Code section 11395, possession of a hard drug with two or more priors; a violation of Penal Code section 602(o), trespass; and a violation of Penal Code section 647(h), prowling.

It was further alleged that Colianni had a prior strike conviction. Colianni was also charged with a violation of parole. Under the newly enacted Proposition 36, Colianni can enter drug treatment in lieu of incarceration.

Additionally, on Dec. 20, multiple individuals were arrested as a result of a joint law enforcement operation targeting thieves. Kenneth Matthews, 62, of Woodland, was arrested for grant theft and petty theft with a prior conviction; Sagebar Singh Gill, 19, of Yuba City, was arrested for organized retail theft, grant theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, and resisting arrest; Nestor Jimenez-Gomez, 19, of Yuba City, was arrested for organized retail theft, grand theft, conspiracy to commit a crime, and resisting arrest; and James Gaffort, 32, of Davis, was arrested for petty theft.