Dismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands of disenfranchised people who are receiving this long-needed relief, it clears the path for them to find jobs, housing and other services that previously were denied to them because of unjust cannabis laws.

George Gascón

George Gascón (born 1954) is the District Attorney of San Francisco. Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed him to that post on January 9, 2011, to succeed Kamala Harris, who had been elected California Attorney General in November 2010. In November 2011, George Gascón was elected as District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco after winning more than 62% of the vote in the third round of San Francisco's Instant-runoff voting poll.

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