Publication: CBS San Francisco Bay Area
Assemblyman Phil Ting joined San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón Thursday to announce state legislation he's introducing that would use technology to clear records for former convicts eligible under existing laws.
Assembly Bill 1076 aims to clear records for an estimated 8 million people in California arrested or convicted of misdemeanor and non-violent offenses by automating the process.
"These are people who have paid their debt to society in many cases or people who were actually arrested and they were never convicted of a crime," Gascón said.
Because of their record, those people, he said, in many cases are excluded from employment in certain fields and from applying for housing, among other restrictions.