A man who allegedly shoplifted goods worth more than $460 will be the first in San Francisco to face harsher penalties under a tough-on-crime ballot measure. 

Jason Barber, 29, accused of stealing cough and cold medications as well as ice cream from a Walgreens in Noe Valley, was to be charged under Proposition 36, which reclassified certain misdemeanor offenses as felonies, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said Friday.

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