Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the july 25, 2013 special meeting of the board of supervisors Neighborhood Services and safety committee, my name is david campos and im the chair of the committee, were here with eric mar, we will be joined later by Supervisor Malia Cohen bho is currently chairing the government of audits and Oversight Committee and sthe will be filling in for supervisor norman yee, the clerk of the committee is mr. Derek evans, we want to thank sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today, mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, completed speaker cards should be submitted to to the clerk, items acted upon will appear on the board of supervisors agenda. Before we move to our item, i would like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor norman yee, so we have a motion by supervisor mar, if we can take that without objection. I know that there are a number of people here for
Able to explain their history 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 the 7year timeline at which you can look at your conviction history. It doesnt mean that employers, Affordable Housing pro he vieders and contractors cannot review anyones background check. In fact, you will always have that opportunity after youve either made a conditional offer for employment or after a first live interview. And this came after many discussions wit
And welcome to the july 25, 2013 special meeting of the board of supervisors Neighborhood Services and safety committee, my name is david campos and im the chair of the committee, were here with eric mar, we will be joined later by Supervisor Malia Cohen bho is currently chairing the government of audits and Oversight Committee and sthe will be filling in for supervisor norman yee, the clerk of the committee is mr. Derek evans, we want to thank sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today, mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, completed speaker cards should be submitted to to the clerk, items acted upon will appear on the board of supervisors agenda. Before we move to our item, i would like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor norman yee, so we have a motion by supervisor mar, if we can take that without objection. I know that there are a number of people here for item number 1, we have a
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to the july 25, 2013 special meeting of the board of supervisors Neighborhood Services and safety committee, my name is david campos and im the chair of the committee, were here with eric mar, we will be joined later by Supervisor Malia Cohen bho is currently chairing the government of audits and Oversight Committee and sthe will be filling in for supervisor norman yee, the clerk of the committee is mr. Derek evans, we want to thank sfgtv staff for covering the meeting today, mr. Clerk, do we have any announcements . Thank you, mr. Chair. Please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices, completed speaker cards should be submitted to to the clerk, items acted upon will appear on the board of supervisors agenda. Before we move to our item, i would like to entertain a motion to excuse supervisor norman yee, so we have a motion by supervisor mar, if we can take that without objection. I know that there are a number of people here for
Wasnt overly burdensome, but allowed them to review candidates that may have had a conviction history, and those with the conviction history wanted an opportunity to be able to explain their history 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 the 7year timeline at which you can look at your conviction history. It doesnt mean that employers, Affordable Housing pro he vieders and contractors cannot review anyones background check. In fact, y