Criminal Record Expungement Clinics Benefit 1 Million+ in CA
Sept. 5, 2023 by Suzanne Potter @ www.publicnewsservice.org
One year ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 731, a law that allows more than a million Californians to clear many old felony convictions from their records. Now, expungement clinics across the state are helping speed that process along. A clinic this Friday in San Francisco will help people start the paperwork to petition a judge.Will Matthews, is spokesperson for the nonprofit Californians for Safety and Justice, which is co-sponsoring the event."If you're a registered sex-offense offender, you're ineligible," he said. "But almost every other condition is eligible now to be sealed, as long as you have gone two years without any further contact with the justice system after fully completing your sentence."