do work and they can gain employment, they are far less likely to remain involved in the criminal-justice system. again, i believe this is a very good investment. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. thank you so much for hearing this item today. i am with the reentry council and the reentry division of the adult probation department. i am here to speak to the ordinance. the reentry council has not had an opportunity yet to formally consider this item, so i do not have an opinion to share formally from them, but i did want to share that the reentry council has previously considered the issue and recommended to the board and the mayor that the city adopts local regulations to regulate the use and consideration of criminal backgrounds for applicants in housing and employment decisions. the human rights commission has also urged the board to adopt such regulations to ensure that people with criminal histories are afforded a fair opportunity to compete in workf