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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 were very clear were not asking employers or housing providers, were 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 mevis...

By checking that box. This law will make a significant change in how we view, share, and use conviction information for workrelated 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 7year timeline at which you can look at your conviction...

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 workrelated 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...

1st. Some of you might have read the story in the paper about the playstation 4 and the situation surrounding that. But this kid was an amazing young man. He participated in programs at the africanamerican art and culture complex. He was always my helper. He was always he he always listened. He was always the one to get some of the younger kids to behave ~ and he comes from an amazing family. Mom, dad, brother, sister, and folks in the community loved him. So, what happened to [speaker not understood], he he was one of the kids that when you think about when i think about a lot of the kids tha...

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 couldnt find...