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Rules Committee backs amendments to align San Francisco's Fair Chance ordinance with state law, adds six-month report
Summary
The Rules Committee voted to forward amendments that would align the city's Fair Chance hiring and housing rules with California's AB 1008, delay operative timing for implementation, and require a six-month implementation and enforcement report from the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors' Rules Committee on March 14 voted to forward amendments to the city's Fair Chance Ordinance intended to harmonize local requirements with the state's recent AB 1008.
Britney Chiquata, legislative aide to Supervisor Malia Cohen, said the changes would "prohibit employers and housing providers from inquiring about a person's conviction history until after the conditional offer of employment or housing," bringing the local code into alignment with the state statute. The sponsor also asked the committee to consider pushing the ordinance's operative date from July 1 to October 1, with subsequent discussion of a possible further delay to Jan. 1 to allow more outreach.
Ellen Love of the Office of Labor Standards Enforcement (OLSE)…
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