Kelly McDaniel is a deputy district attorney in San Joaquin, California at the San Joaquin County district attorney’s office in Stockton, Cali.

She is a member of the county's environmental protection unit.

She studied at Cal State Chico.

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In 2016 she charged a woman, Mariza Ruelas, for selling homemade ceviche via a Facebook group.

After Ruelas posted about the charges in the group, McDaniel offered her a plea deal of 80 hours of community service and three years probation.

After the woman's attorney requested a jury trial Kelly attempted to add two more charges.

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Mariza is part of the Facebook group 209 Food Spot, an online community of thousands of Northern Californians who share recipes, cooking tips and sometimes dishes.

She is a single mother and takes care of mother on dialysis.

After a posting to the group offering to sell ceviche, an investigator came to her house and purchased one of the 32 ounce preparations of ceviche for $12.

McDaniel said Ruelas did not obtain the necessary permits, selling food without proper inspections poses a danger to the public, and unlicensed sales undercut restaurants who do obtain the permits.

Tori Verber Salazar is listed as District Attorney in the county.

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McDaniel told Fox40 News, "I don't write the laws, I enforce them.

And the legislature has felt that this is a crime.”