add, historical perspective about probation and parole, the acknowledged father of probation is john augustus, who was a cobbler in boston. he was the first person to represent to the court that if they would release a person instead of sending them to jail and put them under his supervision, he would teach them how to make shoes. if you can teach somebody how to do work and they can gain employment, they are far less likely to remain involved in the criminal-justice system. again, i believe this is a very good investment. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you very much. >> thank you so much for hearing this item today. i am with the reentry council and the reentry division of the adult probation department. i am here to speak to the ordinance. the reentry council has not had an opportunity yet to formally consider this item, so i do not have an opinion to share formally from them, but i did want to share that the reentry council has previously considered the issue and recommended to the board and the mayor that the city adopts local regulations to regulate the use and consideration of c