without all of these individuals. ~ i want to take a moment and acknowledge supervisor cohen who i know wanted initial comment on what was just discussed. yes, one very brief comment. i want to go on record and make sure we re very clear we re not asking employers or housing providers, we re not asking for favors or a preference, per se, but we are asking them to not automatically disqualify people solely based on a conviction history, conviction history, if you think about it, think about it in relationship to your credit history. oftentimes on our own individual credit histories there are mevishes or things that are mistakenly put on this. ~ blemishes there are people who are wrongfully convicted and exonerated. denying them to move forward with their life. i want to make sure that we give voice to this very important piece of legislation and i would welcome every member to support this. thank you. thank you, supervisor kim. and supervisor cohen. supervisor mar. for y
by checking that box. this law will make a significant change in how we view, share, and use conviction information for work-related and housing related decisions and. of you read the cover story in the chronicle today, [speaker not understood]. one of our tenants in the tenderloin who talked about how he was recently fired from his janitorial job when his employer discovered that he had a conviction back from 1974. this legislation would prevent that from being the reason for firing you from your job because that was 7 that was before the 7-year timeline at which you can look at your conviction history. it doesn t mean that employers, affordable housing pro he vieders and contractors cannot review anyone s background check. in fact, you will always have that opportunity after you ve either made a conditional offer for employment or after a first live interview. and this came after many discussions with small business owners and with employers. san francisco, one of the ver
and also not be turned away immediately at first blush just by checking that box. this law will make a significant change in how we view, share, and use conviction information for work-related and housing related decisions and. of you read the cover story in the chronicle today, [speaker not understood]. one of our tenants in the tenderloin who talked about how he was recently fired from his janitorial job when his employer discovered that he had a conviction back from 1974. this legislation would prevent that from being the reason for firing you from your job because that was 7 that was before the 7-year timeline at which you can look at your conviction history. it doesn t mean that employers, affordable housing pro he vieders and contractors cannot review anyone s background check. in fact, you will always have that opportunity after you ve either made a conditional offer for employment or after a first live interview. and this came after many discussions with small busin
prevent wage theft and make sure that we are using all the necessary tools to make sure that wage theft is a thing of the past in san francisco. so, i m calling a hearing on the wage theft task force, final report, so that we can hear the various recommendations. and we also want to hear from various city departments that are mentioned in the report just to hear directly from them on how they intend to implement the recommendations. so, the rest i submit. thank you, supervisor campos. mr. president. thank you, colleagues. i have three items for today. first of all, an in memoriam for rhonda bizan. rhonda was a san francisco resident who passed away tragically and very suddenly a week ago today. she worked at the punch cup, was a regular attendee of the sabot agnes catholic church and was the life partner of guardian editor stephen t. jones. rhonda died at the all too young age of 45. ~ she touched many people from many walks of life during her many years in san francisco.
about opening the door to [speaker not understood] who might commit a future crime that might hurt a customer, a coworker, another tenant, and even if the decision maker believes in second chances, there may be an unconscious bias towards someone with a conviction in their past. i have met and heard stories of many returning citizens along with supervisor cohen as well, one, mary who survived a severe domestic violence situation. finally left her abuser and made the mistake of stealing in order to survive. even after she had served her time, went back to school and got a job, mary couldn t find stable housing which impacted her ability to regain custody of her children. peter, another individual, got into a fight with a neighbor when he was 18 years old and for years after could not get his foot in the door to explain his past and how he had changed his life after paying his debt to society. after finally expunging his criminal conviction record when he was in his 20s, he he