An adult or juvenile record can be a handicap.
An Expungement Education Workshop has been scheduled for March 20 at McBride Park, 1550 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave., Long Beach, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
"We know that there are those in the community ready to begin a new life, and this expungement workshop can help them with the first step in that journey," said 6th District Councilman Dee Andrews in a prepared statement.
To register, call 562.570.4400.
At the workshop, participants will receive information from employment and criminal attorneys; access certificate of rehabilitation sessions; information on expungement of adult convictions and sealing of juvenile records; and assistance with completing required expungement forms.
To complete an expungement application, adult participants need: Case number, date of conviction, code section, criminal history rap sheet.
For convictions in Los Angeles County, contact: Hall of records, 12300 Imperial Hwy, Room 2207, Norwalk; or Los Angeles County free Public Records Directory, http://publicrecords.onlineresearches.com/CA_LosAngeles.htm.
For convictions in other counties, contact: California Department of Justice, P.O. Box 903417, Sacramento, 94203-4170, Attn: Records Review Unit.
Juvenile petitioners need: Case Number, date of arrest, name of arresting agency, code section and disposition JAI print-out.
Ccontact the Juvenile Court Clerk's Office, Long Beach Courthouse, 415 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, 90802


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