A tool to help Californians reclassify eligible low-level, nonviolent felonies as misdemeanors on their criminal records, per Proposition 47.
The official petition process varies from county to county and presents a host of challenges:
- Which forms does my county use? (There are more than 50 of them!)
- How do I get the form? Do I need to go to the courthouse in person during the day (i.e., take time off of work or arrange childcare)? If I download the form online, where will I use a printer and how much will postage cost?
- What do the form fields mean?
- Which fields do I actually need to fill out? Which should I leave blank?
- Where do I need to send the form?
- What should I expect to happen next?
Change My Record dramatically simplifies the process, asking you only the necessary questions and removing the need to print or scan anything or visit a courthouse. Just fill out the simple online form, click 'Submit,' and your application is on its way to the appropriate destination.
You see a user-friendly form. County officials get the same exact form they're used to. With Change My Record, submitting a petition takes less time than ordering a pizza and you can do it from any computer or touchscreen phone.
For context on the roots of this project, see "Help Californians remove old felonies from their criminal records," started by @jennymt.
Thank you to @codeforamerica for supporting expanding this work from an alpha prototype to a private beta in the summer of 2015.
https://changemyrecord.herokuapp.com has the latest demo, starring Alameda County’s form.
Copyright 2015 Fureigh. Forked from the codebase for CalFresh and So Clean, which is copyright 2014–2015 Dave Guarino.
MIT License