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    San Francisco will remove more than 9,300 marijuana-related crimes from people's records

    by Joseph Serna, Los Angeles Times Feb 25, 2019 3 minutes

    A yearlong effort to expunge marijuana-related convictions in San Francisco has been completed, with more than 9,300 crimes removed from people's records, prosecutors announced Monday.

    Given that recreational marijuana is now legal in California and that the war on drugs has had a disproportionate effect on minorities, District Attorney George Gascon said his office's effort is aimed at removing barriers a criminal conviction poses for individuals long after they've served their sentence.

    In an announcement last year, Gascon

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