A woman whose felony marijuana charge has not been cleared despite state reform sued California July 13 in a class action suit for allegedly not funding Inland Empire courts with enough money to review 20,000 eligible marijuana convictions for clearance.
Sara Rodriguez, a Los Angeles woman convicted in San Bernardino Superior Court, claims the state unfairly prioritizes coastal and whiter counties.
Rodriguez’s felony marijuana conviction should have been expunged under the 2018 marijuana expungement bill AB 1793, but San Bernardino Superior Court has not been provided the resources to process her application, she argues.
In 2018, San Bernardino County had 10,892 eligible cases to review,
