{"id":5929,"date":"2017-12-19T16:26:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T21:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=5929"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:52:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:52:21","slug":"carrying-weed-conviction-california-may-fix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=5929","title":{"rendered":"Carrying A Weed Conviction In California? There May Be A Fix For That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"storytitle\">\n<h1>Carrying A Weed Conviction In California? There May Be A Fix For That<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-tools\">\n<div class=\"share-tools share-tools--primary\" aria-label=\"Share tools\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--facebook\"><a class=\"fbStory571956487\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/12\/19\/571956487\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that#\" data-share-facebook=\"{&quot;storyId&quot;: 571956487 }\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Facebook&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Share Tools&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/thetwo-way\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/571956487\\\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Facebook<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--twitter\"><a class=\"story571956487\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/12\/19\/571956487\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that#\" data-share-twitter=\"{&quot;storyId&quot;: 571956487 }\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Twitter&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Share Tools&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/thetwo-way\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/571956487\\\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Twitter<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--flipboard\"><a class=\"story571956487\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/12\/19\/571956487\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that#\" data-share-flipboard=\"{&quot;storyId&quot;: 571956487 }\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Flipboard&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Share Tools&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/thetwo-way\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/571956487\\\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Flipboard<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"share-tools__service share-tools__service--email\"><a class=\"share-tools__email-link\" data-story-id=\"571956487\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Email a Friend&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Share Tools&quot;,&quot;label&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.npr.org\\\/sections\\\/thetwo-way\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/19\\\/571956487\\\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that&quot;}\"><b class=\"share-tools__service-name\">Email<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"story-meta\" class=\"story-meta has-byline\">\n<div class=\"story-meta__one\">\n<div class=\"dateblock\"><time datetime=\"2017-12-19T14:56:00-05:00\"><span class=\"date\">December 19, 2017<\/span><span class=\"time\">2:56 PM ET<\/span><\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"story-meta__two\">\n<div id=\"storybyline\" class=\"storybyline-wrap linkLocation\">\n<div id=\"res571956619\" class=\"bucketwrap byline\">\n<div class=\"byline-container--block\">\n<div class=\"byline byline--block byline--has-link\" aria-label=\"Byline\">\n<div class=\"byline__photo\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline__name byline__name--block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/people\/122979884\/tanya-ballard-brown\" rel=\"author\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Byline&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Story Metadata&quot;}\">TANYA BALLARD BROWN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"byline__social-handle byline__social-handle--1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TanyaBallardBrown\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Social Handle&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Story Metadata&quot;}\">Facebook<\/a><a class=\"byline__social-handle byline__social-handle--5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/TdoubleB\" data-metrics=\"{&quot;action&quot;:&quot;Click Social Handle&quot;,&quot;category&quot;:&quot;Story Metadata&quot;}\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"storytext\" class=\"storytext storylocation linkLocation\">\n<div id=\"res571999080\" class=\"bucketwrap image large\">\n<div class=\"imagewrap\" data-crop-type=\"\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img\" src=\"https:\/\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/12\/19\/gettyimages-670854500_wide-0862d9d232027cb0ae2ec9b55db07db961ffe166-s800-c85.jpg\" alt=\"A marijuana plant is seen in a greenhouse in Mendocino County, Calif. on April 19, 2017.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been convicted of marijuana-related crimes in California, you might be able to have your record wiped clean or the charges greatly reduced under a provision in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/elections\/results\/california-ballot-measure-64-legalize-marijuana\">state&#8217;s new marijuana law<\/a>, Prop 64. More than 4,000 people have already\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.courts.ca.gov\/documents\/Prop64-Filings.pdf\">petitioned the courts<\/a>\u00a0about their records and sentencing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national\/convicted-of-a-marijuana-crime-in-california-it-might-go-away-thanks-to-legal-pot\/2017\/12\/17\/1e9a2564-d90f-11e7-b859-fb0995360725_story.html?utm_term=.90a6abcae574\">According to The Washington Post<\/a>, officials in California want to &#8220;reverse decades of marijuana convictions that can make it difficult for people to gain meaningful employment and disproportionately affect low-income minorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Eunisses Hernandez, a policy coordinator at the Drug Policy Alliance, told the Post<em>:<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"edTag\">\n<div>\n<p>We worked to help create a legalized and regulated process for legal marijuana, but we also wanted to make sure we could help \u2014 some way, somehow \u2014 repair the damages of marijuana prohibition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In Aug. 2016,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.drugpolicy.org\/sites\/default\/files\/California_Marijuana_Arrest_Report_081816.pdf\">the DPA reported<\/a>\u00a0that almost 500,000 people had been arrested for pot crimes in California from 2006 to 2015.<\/p>\n<p>A report\u00a0earlier this year found that 77 percent of people arrested in 2015 for weed-related crimes in Oakland were black. This led officials there to launch the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/beta.oaklandca.gov\/documents\/equity-analysis-and-proposed-medical-cannabis-ordinance-amendments\">Equity Cannabis Permit Program<\/a>\u00a0in May of this year, which allows entrepreneurs to sell marijuana when recreational pot becomes legal in California on Jan. 1.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/news\/2017\/11\/15\/for-oaklands-black-weed-entrepreneurs-its-not-a-level-playing-field\/\">As Alyssa Jeong Perry of member station KQED reported<\/a>\u00a0last month, the program will give priority to people who have been arrested and convicted for cannabis crimes after Nov. 5, 1996, when medical marijuana became legal in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Darlene Flynn of Oakland&#8217;s Department of Race and Equity told KQED:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"edTag\">\n<div>\n<p>Certain communities have been policed for the same activities because we know that white people use drugs and sell drugs at approximately the same rate that black and brown people do, but they don&#8217;t get jailed at the same rate.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Nine states now have laws related to expunging or reducing marijuana convictions,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncsl.org\/research\/civil-and-criminal-justice\/marijuana-overview.aspx\">according to the National Conference of State Legislatures<\/a>\u00a0but marijuana is still illegal under federal law.<\/p>\n<p>And not everyone in California is high on the idea of legalization. Jill Replogle, of member station KPCC,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scpr.org\/news\/2017\/12\/05\/78423\/buying-legal-marijuana-california\/\">reported earlier this month<\/a>\u00a0that &#8220;73 percent of cities and counties in California currently ban commercial cannabis businesses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Retrieved from: https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetwo-way\/2017\/12\/19\/571956487\/carrying-a-weed-conviction-in-california-there-may-be-a-fix-for-that<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carrying A Weed Conviction In California? 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