San Francisco is set to make history as the first U.S. city to expunge all past marijuana convictions under a state law legalizing recreational use of the drug
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This adds to the 1,230 convictions that have already been expunged. — George Gascón February 25, 2019 Of the 9,362 total people affected by Gascón’s announcement, 5,594 will no longer have felonies on their records. Reducing those convictions, he stressed, will dismantle the roadblocks faced by people who, in job applications or other instances, must disclose felony convictions.
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