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Board rejects proposal for payroll tax credit to encourage hiring of ex‑offenders
Summary
Supervisors debated a voluntary two‑year pilot that would offer up to $10,000 in payroll tax exclusions to businesses that hire formerly incarcerated people. After extended debate about costs, scope and equity, attempts to refer the item to committee failed and the ordinance failed on final vote.
Supervisors debated an ordinance Dec. 6 that would have created a voluntary, two‑year pilot payroll exclusion to encourage private‑sector hiring of people with felony convictions.
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi framed the measure as a crime‑prevention and reentry tool tied to state realignment (Assembly Bill 109). He described a $10,000 payroll tax exclusion aimed at incentivizing employers to hire ex‑offenders during the first six months after release, noting high local recidivism rates and the city’s fiscal exposure to arrests and incarceration.
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