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good afternoon. well good morning, everybody. and worriment special meeting of san francisco full board of supervisors july thirst your last meeting of legislative madam clerk please call the roll thank you madam president commissioner avalos supervisor breed supervisor campos supervisor christensen supervisor cohen supervisor farrell not present supervisor kim kim not present supervisor mar supervisor tang not present supervisor wiener supervisor yee yee not present madam president we have quorum thank you ladies and gentlemen, please join us in the pledge of allegiance of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all okay. colleagues can we have a motion to excuse supervisor farrell, supervisor yee supervisor tang a supervisor kim moved by supervisor christensen and seconded by supervisor cowen colleagues, can we take that same house, same call? we ll take that without ....
soft story buildings cannot be built anymore. we found since then about 15 percent of our total pop ulation live in these buildsings subject to the had ordinance so this is a huge safety concern for the city of san francisco and the update i m about to give shows good numbers so excited where that is going. again, after 1989 the building inspection commission put together the plan for seismic safety. it involved 100 member thofz community and several small businesses and looked at earthquakes in a holistic sense so what does it mean for the community in san francisco? 17 general policy san francisco should be doing to look at earthquake safety. from then city administrator ed lee put together a safety implementation plan which i oversee today. one of the biggest issues is deal wg the soft story buildingsm. the ordinance looks at type 5 or wood frame. [inaudible] buildsings built before 1978 and 2 or more stories over a soft story. this was a data crunch and didvent a e ....
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 ....