Legal Related Los Angeles County Dist. Att Wants to Wipe Out 66,000 Marijuana Convictions by Sophia Vida February 13, 2020 Many residents of Los Angeles may be glad to learn about the latest move from L.A. County Dist. Atty. Jackie Lacey. Lacey has moved to wipe out 66,000 marijuana convictions. On Thursday, the Dist. Atty. announced the dis...
Legal Related Thousands of People in California to Have Their Marijuana Convictions Reduced or Expunged by Sophia Vida April 03, 2019 The district attorney of Los Angeles announced on Monday that almost 50,000 people who have been convicted of marijuana-related offenses will have their convictions erased or reduced. Los Angeles County and Code for America, wi...
Legal Related New California Law is Allowing Some People to ‘Reclaim Their Lives’ by Sophia Vida October 01, 2018 A 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 Related Seattle Will Vacate Unjust Marijuana Convictions that Targeted People of Color by Sophia Vida September 25, 2018 Every 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 Related Over 3,000 Marijuana Smoking and Possession Cases Dismissed in Manhattan by Sophia Vida September 12, 2018 Manhattan 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 Related San Francisco is Doing This to Automatically Clear Old Marijuana Convictions by Sophia Vida May 16, 2018 With 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 Related Sonoma County Will Clear Almost 3,000 Marijuana Related Convictions by Sophia Vida March 06, 2018 Many 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 Related Democratic Lawmaker in California Wants to Erase Marijuana Convictions by Sophia Vida January 11, 2018 Assemblyman 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 ...
