In the initial six months after San Diego police started enforcing Proposition 36, Black San Diegans were disproportionately affected by the new state law.
Police data shows 32 percent of 374 people arrested for Proposition 36 related drug or theft charges in the city of San Diego from mid-December through May were Black, a community that makes up 6 percent of the city’s population. Disparities were consistent for both drug and theft charges.
Black San Diegans were also disproportionately arrested more than once on Proposition 36 charges, making up 40 percent of those with a second offense…