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i know that there are a lot of people here. i see maybe two empty chairs. if folks can squeeze in because i know a lot of people want to be here for this hearing. please, if you can do that. so, the legislation before us today is one that we actually approved several years ago just for the city and county of san francisco for employees of city and county of san francisco. and what was behind it was removing the barriers resulting from the stigma associated with the conviction history, means more opportunity for work and [speaker not understood] for the 700,000 citizens who are released here every year and one in four adults every year who have conviction and histories. [speaker not understood], it may not be you personally, but you probably have a family member who has a conviction hisry given the high rates we have here in the united states. it doesn t make sense for individuals like donald fuller who was fired from his janitorial job for failing to remember to tell hi ....
home, they go on and my bill is reasonable. so, it s not attacking pg&e. i think to me it s really about making sure that the puc s power enterprise which really is an under valued and under utilized system that we sure it up, make sure it has an adequate customer base and make sure that we are generating the revenues that we can use for some really critical municipal infrastructure needs around our power system and our street lights that we are responsible for funding. right. i want to make sure we re giving the puc and the power enterprise the tools to do that. so, i will be looking at this issue as projects come to the board because i think it s important. thank you very much. thank you, ms. hale. colleagues, any questions or comments? okay, seeing none, we will then move to public comment. ~ on item number 5. is there any public comment on item number 5? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] supervisor kim. thank you. i just want to acknowledge ....
system saving taxpayer dollars. the policies embodied by fair chance helped open the door of opportunity for all of us which make all of us safer, healthier and stronger. so, i want to go over the basic aspects of this legislation and i had mentioned that 25% of adults in the u.s. have an arrest or conviction history. and that studies as many of you know show stable opportunity to housing and employment reduces recidivism thus increasing public safety and public dollars. there are racial [speaker not understood] resulting in devastating impacts in our communities of color and criminal records reduce the likelihood of job call backs and offer up to 50% just by checking that box on that first application before you even have an opportunity to prove that you are qualified for the job or come in for an interview and showcase your story. more than 90% of companies report using a criminal background check in their hiring. the reduced output of goods and services of people wit ....
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 father s, young adults, they re 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 children s lives. if anybody actually wants to vote no on this, then you are publicly saying rehabilitation program doesn t work. so, i m urging this to go to the full board and pass unanimously since eight supervisors actually supporting this, i believe it s 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 didn t 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 e ....
before a first kiss. now caught on camera and going viral overnight. why 21 million people and counting are all clicking on the chemistry and what s really behind this video. and, good morning, america. boy, this malaysia flight mystery continues to deepen. brand new developments coming in right now just as we re coming on the air. this e-mail surfacing overnight from an oil rig worker off the coast of vietnam. he says he saw an object burning in the sky 10 to 15 seconds. and our partner in the bbc is reporting that vietnam is sending an aircraft into those waters to check it out. and to add to the confusion, malaysian officials at the press conference this morning trying to clarify earlier reports now saying that they were tracking a plane in a very different location, the waters west of malaysia. remember this yesterday. picked up a radar signal but they are not sure it was this jet. so a lot to clear up five days after the crash. let s get right to the breaking ....