Legal RelatedNew California Law is Allowing Some People to ‘Reclaim Their Lives’by Sofia Vida October 01, 2018A landmark California marijuana legislation may result in many lives changed. The new law, Assembly Bill 1793, will soon make it easier for people with past marijuana convictions to get their records expunged completely, or the...
Legal RelatedSeattle Will Vacate Unjust Marijuana Convictions that Targeted People of Colorby Sofia Vida September 25, 2018Every judge on Seattle's municipal court agreed this week to vacate over 500 convictions from 1996 to 210 for misdemeanor marijuana possession. The seven judges agreed that the convictions had dis-proportionally impacted people...
Legal RelatedOver 3,000 Marijuana Smoking and Possession Cases Dismissed in Manhattanby Sofia Vida September 12, 2018Manhattan is the latest city to show its relaxed stance towards marijuana. It was on Wednesday that the city dismissed over 3,000 cases of marijuana smoking and possession. Of the 3,042 cases that were dismissed, some even d...
Legal RelatedSan Francisco is Doing This to Automatically Clear Old Marijuana Convictionsby Sofia Vida May 16, 2018With California's legalization of recreational marijuana earlier this year, many cities are doing away with old marijuana convictions, including the city of San Francisco. The city is adopting a software app called Clear My Rec...
Legal RelatedSonoma County Will Clear Almost 3,000 Marijuana Related Convictionsby Sofia Vida March 06, 2018Many residents of Sonoma County, California will be thrilled to learn that the County's District Attorney's Office is direct staff to start clearing almost 3,000 marijuana related convictions. It was in November of 2016 that Ca...
Legal RelatedDemocratic Lawmaker in California Wants to Erase Marijuana Convictionsby Sofia Vida January 11, 2018Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, has introduced legislation this week that would require county courts in California to expunge eligible records of marijuana convictions. Voters approved the ability to wipe criminal marijuana ...
