San Francisco retroactively tossing thousands of marijuana convictions

SAN FRANCISCO — Good news for people who had a marijuana-related conviction in San Francisco during the past 40-plus years.
There’s a good chance it will be removed from their records or be downgraded.
On Wednesday, San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón said his office is going to look into thousands of cases dating back to 1975, retroactively applying a new California law legalizing some recreational cannabis possession.
The new law allows people whose past