I know that there are a lot of people here. I see maybe two empty chairs. If folks can squeeze in because i know a lot of people want to be here for this hearing. Please, if you can do that. So, the legislation before us today is one that we actually approved several years ago just for the city and county of San Francisco for employees of city and county of San Francisco. And what was behind it was removing the barriers resulting from the stigma associated with the conviction history, means more opportunity for work and [speaker not understood] for the 700,000 citizens who are released here every year and one in four adults every year who have conviction and histories. [speaker not understood], it may not be you personally, but you probably have a Family Member who has a conviction hisry given the high rates we have here in the united states. It doesnt make sense for individuals like donald fuller who was fired from his janitorial job for failing to remember to tell his employer about
System saving taxpayer dollars. The policies embodied by fair chance helped open the door of opportunity for all of us which make all of us safer, healthier and stronger. So, i want to go over the basic aspects of this legislation and i had mentioned that 25 of adults in the u. S. Have an arrest or conviction history. And that studies as many of you know show stable opportunity to housing and employment reduces recidivism thus increasing Public Safety and public dollars. There are racial [speaker not understood] resulting in devastating impacts in our communities of color and criminal records reduce the likelihood of job call backs and offer up to 50 just by checking that box on that first application before you even have an opportunity to prove that you are qualified for the job or come in for an interview and showcase your story. More than 90 of Companies Report using a criminal background check in their hiring. The reduced output of goods and services of people with felonies and pri
Home, they go on and my bill is reasonable. So, its not attacking pg e. I think to me its really about making sure that the pucs power enterprise which really is an under valued and under utilized system that we sure it up, make sure it has an adequate Customer Base and make sure that we are generating the revenues that we can use for some really critical Municipal Infrastructure needs around our power system and our street lights that we are responsible for funding. Right. I want to make sure were giving the puc and the power enterprise the tools to do that. So, i will be looking at this issue as projects come to the board because i think its important. Thank you very much. Thank you, ms. Hale. Colleagues, any questions or comments . Okay, seeing none, we will then move to Public Comment. ~ on item number 5. Is there any Public Comment on item number 5 . Seeing none, Public Comment is closed. [gavel] supervisor kim. Thank you. I just want to acknowledge and thank tjpa guy hollins and
8 megawatts over time. And with that im happy to take any questions you may have. We also have representatives from tjpa here if you have specific questions for them. Thank you. Thank you, ms. Hale. Actually, i have a few questions. Ill start with im very supportive of this and i want to thank the agency for working through tjpa as well, and also supervisor kim for sponsoring this. Thank you. So, my question isnt so much about this particular project, but i would like to see more like this. I think a lot of people dont realize that San Francisco Public Utilities commissions power enterprise generates an enormous potential to provide power for use in San Francisco. As you mention, it is clean power and it is generated by our municipal utility, the agency has served whether its muni or city hall or airport for many, many, many years. And i am interested in ways for the puc to do more of this. I was supportive of cca and im so disappointed that that did not move forward. And i guess two q
Very controversial legislation, but because of the time that was put into it, its great to have legislation thats being supported by all sides. I know that there are a lot of people here. I see maybe two empty chairs. If folks can squeeze in because i know a lot of people want to be here for this hearing. Please, if you can do that. So, the legislation before us today is one that we actually approved several years ago just for the city and county of San Francisco for employees of city and county of San Francisco. And what was behind it was removing the barriers resulting from the stigma associated with the conviction history, means more opportunity for work and [speaker not understood] for the 700,000 citizens who are released here every year and one in four adults every year who have conviction and histories. [speaker not understood], it may not be you personally, but you probably have a Family Member who has a conviction history given the high rates we have here in the united states.