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I think most people know what prop 47 did, so just very briefly, it reclassified a small handful of nonviolent property offenses to misdemeanors as the supervisor indicated at the gibing of the presentation. Those are listed there for anyone who hasnt reviewed the legislation prior to today. What prop 47 did is also permitted people that had already been sentenced, had already completed their sentence, an opportunity to have that reevaluated. So people that were serving prison sentences had an opportunity to petition to have their sentence reduced from a felony to a perform, as do people that ...

So is this legislation going to be retroactive . Yes. Can you define for us what that means . If you were convicted of possessing cocaine for your personal use and were in a county other than San Francisco and were sent to state prison for said offense, you could now ask to have your sentence resentenced so you could ask that that felony be reduced to a perform, generally resulting in your release from state prison because performs are not eligible for state prison time. If you were serving a county jail sentence for possession of cocaine as a felony, you could petition to have that reduced to...

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Measure thats Police Department thats okay, i can work without it if i need to. This was the only item. No, District Attorney. Sg govtv, do we have the overhead project or . I have my notes on it. The District Attorney drafrted this measure in keeping with the work he did when he came here as chief and as his time here as District Attorney trying to make sure our criminal justice resources are focused on the most violent members of our community and those we can find alternatives for and we are eagerly looking for those and trying to make sure as the country is having a conversation around inc...

Safety with opportunities. I think most people know what prop 47 did, so just very briefly, it reclassified a small handful of nonviolent property offenses to misdemeanors as the supervisor indicated at the gibing of the presentation. Those are listed there for anyone who hasnt reviewed the legislation prior to today. What prop 47 did is also permitted people that had already been sentenced, had already completed their sentence, an opportunity to have that reevaluated. So people that were serving prison sentences had an opportunity to petition to have their sentence reduced from a felony to a ...