LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Sept. 27 that his office has identified nearly 60,000 cannabis convictions, some going back three decades, that will be dismissed as part of what he calls an effort “to reverse the injustices of drug laws.” “Dismissing these convictions means the possibility of a better future to thousands of disenfranchised people who are receiving this long-needed relief,” Gascón said in a statement. “It clears the path for them to find jobs, housing and other services that previously were denied to them because of unjust cannabis laws.” Gascón’s move marks the second straight year the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has taken such a wide-ranging action. Last February, then-District Attorney Jackie Lacey announced that nearly 66,000 marijuana convictions dating back as far as 1961 would be dismissed. That move followed passage of legislation directing California prosecutors to review and reduce felony convictions for marijuana …