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 reform. And if we really want to make honest reform to the criminal justice system, we have to think about what happens post conviction. So i appreciate your support for this current legislation. Thank you, ms. Foster. Good afternoon, my name is karen drucker. Im a Community Organizer with the central city sro collaborative. People across the political spectrum have started to realize that we need to rely less on the criminal legal system and this legislation is vital to making that successful. It
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 Rehabilitation Program doesnt work. So, im urging this to go to the full board and pass unanimously since eight supervisors actually supporting this, i believe its 8 or 7, supervisors supporting this. So, i please urge everyone to vote yes on this. Thank you. Thank you, mr. Hernandez. And i apologize i didnt call the next 10 speakers, but i believe we have one of our commissioners here, board of appeals director arsenio hurtado, [speaker not understood]. Julian harper. Jerry elsters. Marlene sanchez.
[laughter] [speaker not understood]. Good afternoon, im not 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 spending and we think a unanimous vote from the San Francisco board of supervisors would go a long way. There is an open conversation in sacramento about what are resolutions, how can we get to incarcerating less people and bringing people home safely. This would take a huge step and really send up a flag to put the energy into that conversation in sacramento. So, wed love to have that wind at our backs when were having this conversation. Also
Kim and cohen for their leadership on this important Economic Justice issue. As a part of the Fair Chance Campaign hospitality house surveyed nearly 400 residents about their experience with housing and job discrimination. Of those with arrest or conviction records, nearly 80 experienced job discrimination and 60 housing discrimination. Clearly the fair chance act affects a lot of san franciscans. Its about fairness, its p justice and its about time. So, thank you. ~ thank you, ms. Davis. Oh, [speaker not understood], just come right up. Good afternoon, supervisors. My name is [speaker not understood] and im here in my capacity as policy advisor for the National Center for lesbian rights. Thank you, supervisor kim, for sponsoring this crucial piece of legislation. As a former public defender for almost 12 years in the city and county of San Francisco i can only tell you how crucial this type of legislation is for those who are formerly incarcerated. I wanted to underscore that although
I lost him. Well, that pair endured nearly 30 minutes in that frigid water before they were rescued. Both were treated at a local hospital. They are doing just fine. Unbelievable. Another miracle on the hudson. We like to hear that. That will do it for us. The situation room with wolf blitzer starts right now. Pop tea, thanks very much. Happening now, president obama talks about Immigration Reform and draws a line in the sand for congress to take quick action. Also, her final days on the job as secretary of state. Hillary gives an exit interview to cnn. A huge steroid scandal explodes, including big names like Alex Rodriguez. Now the league is speaking out. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. A major speech on a hot button issue. President obama speaking out a while ago in las vegas about comprehensive Immigration Reform. His remarks come one day after a Bipartisan Group of senators laid out a framework for a possible bill that would be a path to citizenship to increase borde