Can a judge strike or dismiss a special circumstance finding in furtherance of justice?

Section 26 (adding Pen.Code, 1385.1) provides that "a judge shall not strike or dismiss any special circumstance which is admitted by a plea of guilty or nolo contendere or is found by a jury or court...." This section appears to be a direct response to our opinion in People v. Williams (1981) 30 Cal.3d 470, 179 Cal.Rptr. 443, 637 P.2d 1029, in which we held that a trial court had power to dismiss a special circumstance finding "in furtherance of justice" in order to modify a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In light of this history, section 26 could arguably be said to increase the punishment for crime.