What is the test for equal protection in the context of Section 8(1) of the Civil Code of Civil Procedure?

Where, as here, "the law challenged neither draws a suspect classification nor burdens fundamental rights, [w]e find a denial of equal protection only if there is no rational relationship between a disparity in treatment and some legitimate government purpose. [Citation.] This core feature of equal protection sets a high bar before a law is deemed to lack even the minimal rationality necessary for it to survive constitutional scrutiny. Coupled with a rebuttable presumption that legislation is constitutional, this high bar helps ensure that democratically enacted laws are not invalidated merely based on a court's cursory conclusion that a statute's tradeoffs seem unwise or unfair." (People v. Chatman (2018) 4 Cal.5th 277, 288-289.) The logic behind a potential justification need not be persuasive. It need only be rationally related to a legitimate state purpose. (Id. at p. 289.)

Defendant has not demonstrated that individuals who engage in theft violations are similarly situated to those who

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