He had felonies on his record dropped to misdemeanors using the law as a tool. This law is Proposition 47 that Californians voted for in 2014, which gives felons the right to have charges reduced.

Proposition 47 achieved its goal of decreasing incarceration by reclassifying certain drug- and theft-related felony offenses as misdemeanors, but contributed to a rise in property crime as a result.