{"id":1365,"date":"2021-09-27T19:13:45","date_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/wp-home\/?p=179732"},"modified":"2021-09-27T19:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-09-27T19:13:45","slug":"los-angeles-county-dismisses-60000-more-cannabis-convictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=1365","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles County dismisses 60,000 more cannabis convictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>  <title>Los Angeles County dismisses 60,000 more cannabis convictions &#8211; Leafly<\/title>     <!-- This is Index Exchange, a script\/\/3rd-party integration that interjects GAM. It needs to be 'ahead' of GTM in the DOM, which comes from Cephalopod. GTM loads GAM. 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The expungements come roughly five years after California voters legalized the adult use of marijuana in Nov. 2016. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands of disenfranchised people who are receiving this long-needed relief,\u201d Gasc\u00f3n said. \u201cIt clears the path for them to find jobs, housing and other services that previously were denied to them because of unjust cannabis laws.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leafly.com\/learn\/legalization\/expungement\" class=\"wp-block-leafly-blocks-leafly-single-inline-block leafly-inline-related-story\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"border border-deep-green-alt border-l-0 border-r-0 my-xl p-md font-bold\">\n<p>Related<\/p>\n<p>Expungement: What does it mean and how do I get one?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/a> <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-focus-on-expungement-this-week\">Focus on expungement this week<\/h2>\n<p>Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s announcement came as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/newxnow.org\/week-of-action\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Week of Action and Awareness<\/a>, formerly known as National Expungement Week, which takes place from September 26 to October 3.<\/p>\n<p>The week is organized by \u200b\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/newxnow.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Expungement Works<\/a>, a coalition of grassroots organizers from across the country who advocate for access to record relief and wraparound services that go beyond record clearance.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-positive-fallout-from-2018-state-law\">Positive fallout from 2018 state law<\/h2>\n<p>Today\u2019s action came partly as a result of Assembly Bill 1793, which was adopted and signed into law by former Gov. Jerry Brown in 2018. AB 1793 allowed people with prior California cannabis convictions to have those convictions automatically dismissed, depending on the type of the prior conviction. <\/p>\n<p>Lacey\u2019s office dismissed 66,000 convictions in Feb. 2020, but Gasc\u00f3n assigned staff members to dig deeper. The 2020 cases came from a review of California Department of Justice data. Gasc\u00f3n\u2019s staff examined Los Angeles County court records, and were able to identify 58,000 felony and misdemeanor cases dating back more than three decades that were eligible for dismissal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-xxl wp-block-leafly-blocks-leafly-related-articles\">\n<p><h2>How to get your past conviction expunged<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"author-box\" class=\"p-lg my-xxl bg-white rounded border border-light-grey elevation-low\">\n<div class=\"mb-lg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/los-angeles-county-dismisses-60000-more-cannabis-convictions.jpg\" alt=\"Bruce Barcott's Bio Image\" class=\"lazyload inline-block mr-md rounded-full border border-light-grey\"> <\/p>\n<p>Bruce Barcott<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"text-sm\">Leafly Senior Editor Bruce Barcott oversees news, investigations, and feature projects. 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