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And i believe that this and the 1,000foot limit should be retained. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Next speaker, please. Good afternoon, supervisors. [clearing throat] good afternoon, supervisors. My name is Michael Cohen and im one of the officers in the democratic club. I would that you not increase the footage from 600 feet to 1,000 feet. For for dispensaries from schools and Daycare Centers. This is this is really going to basically, in a city our size, and in a place and city where ma...

Employment, they tend to have less or no recidivism. They dont go back into the criminal lifestyle. They become taxpayers. If they have had some type of alcohol or drug addiction, they stop that. They become clean, they become sober, they become homeowners, they become taxpayers, they become all the great things that we envision for all of our citizens in San Francisco. And i just want i believe that we definitely need a unanimous vote. I think we need to accepted that message to sacramento. Tha...

And a house, but it was just really hard and i could only imagine for people who have more kids than my mom or anything like that, who has a lot of felonies and arent able to work. So, yeah, im done. Thank you. Thank you, ms. [speaker not understood], for sharing your story. Hi, my name is jeannetta johnson. Im the director of programs at transgender [speaker not understood] also known as ttijp and im also a proud member of all of us or none. And i just wanted to come up and just say that i work...

To go, not being able to find a job where they could pay the rent and stay in San Francisco. Few of the women have family out here. When they get out they feel like theyre a burden to their family. A lotful them are single mothers. Thinking about the choices they have to make about their life experiences. They have children but they feel safer in a way returning, being able to be out and have the opportunities to have, you know, a being able to afford housing and find a good job. Its was really ...

Sure you can ban that box. Good afternoon, im pete riley with the California Partnership and were a statewide coalition of antipoverty organization. Thank you to you, supervisor kim, and your cosponsors, for bringing this forward. We see poverty is created by a bunch of big things but can be aloe limb nayedth by little things. We strongly encourage you to make a big move on. We do work at the state level and have been heavily involved in the conversations around recidivism and correction spendin...

In the first place. And, so, i just want to provide that specific glimpse into the fact there are protected categories of people and they give up that protection to try to mitigate the risk of losing out on a job or a place to live. So, thanks so much. Thank you, ms. Cruz. My name is dorsey nunn. Im the executive director of Legal Services for prisoners with children and the cofounder of all of us or none. And one of the people who initiated the ban the box campaign. And im probably here for a d...

Creating safer communities, and helping communities thrive, and also by creating a sense of inclusion that will motivate people to give more meaningful [speaker not understood]. Thank you. Thank you, ms. Harper. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is cynthia vasser and im in support of this legislate. Im a former journalist and i do want to [speaker not understood] with a mark. And i just want to remind the supervisors that San Francisco politicians have long been leaders in criminal justice re...

What do they try and do when they get out . Live their life a proper way. This has been a hindrance to the people of San Francisco as well as the rest of the country. Young mothers, young fathers, young adults, theyre trying to get their life back on track and because of one certain box on a housing application or job application is denying them a future, a positive future for their lives, for their childrens lives. If anybody actually wants to vote no on this, then you are publicly saying Rehab...

Support. Thank you, ms. [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is ernest stokes. Im a long time resident of San Francisco, i live in the bayview district. Basically im here because im in favor of the fair chance ordinance because i believe the legislation the way it is right now is unjust. I when a person has served their time, served out their sentence, the [speaker not understood] should end. Without the fair chance ordinance, there is no end to the punishment. I mean, ...

Us. But because of her felonies its really hard for her to do that when she was released. Now im able to live with her and shes able to keep up a job and a house, but it was just really hard and i could only imagine for people who have more kids than my mom or anything like that, who has a lot of felonies and arent able to work. So, yeah, im done. Thank you. Thank you, ms. [speaker not understood], for sharing your story. Hi, my name is jeannetta johnson. Im the director of programs at transgend...