{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64/events","html_url":"https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64","id":58992888,"number":64,"title":"Help Californians remove old felonies from their criminal records","user":{"login":"jennymt","id":10538051,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10538051?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt","html_url":"https://github.com/jennymt","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jennymt/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":32,"created_at":"2015-02-26T00:13:22Z","updated_at":"2015-03-10T21:13:54Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Prop 47 (which California voters approved in November 2014) makes it possible for certain low-level, nonviolent felonies to be changed to misdemeanors on old criminal records. To get an old felony removed, people have to fill out a form and file it with the court. In some counties, like LA, they have to also file service of process. Some people represent themselves to file for a record change, but there is also an \"assister community\" of public defenders, pro bono practices at law firms, and legal services organizations that represent people who are seeking a record change. The project would be to build a tool that makes this process easier and while maintaining high rates of approvals of the record change requests.\r\n\r\nThe different county forms are available here: http://www.safeandjust.org/recordchange"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/comments/78149668","html_url":"https://github.com/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64#issuecomment-78149668","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/codeforamerica/project-ideas/issues/64","id":78149668,"user":{"login":"daguar","id":994938,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/994938?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar","html_url":"https://github.com/daguar","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/daguar/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-10T21:13:54Z","updated_at":"2015-03-10T21:13:54Z","body":"I'd strongly suggest writing to the county-specific forms for now — making it work in one county is a good prerequisite for others anyway, and a ton of learning will occur in that first county context."}}