San Francisco looks to provide relief to a number of people with marijuana convictions by either reducing their sentences or tossing out them out completely.
On Wednesday, Fox 40 Sacramento reports that District Attorney George Gascon announced that his office is taking action to dismiss approximately 3,000 misdemeanor cases and review 5,000 felony cases.
The action comes on the heels of the passing of Proposition 64, which legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Prop 64 will allow San Francisco to retroactively apply California’s new marijuana legalization laws to prior convictions, expunging or reducing misdemeanors and felonies dating to 1975.
If the bill passes, lawmakers statewide are expected to introduce similar bills.