on behalf of the commission and executive director teresa sparks, i thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter. human rights commission has been examining the public safety, fiscal, and racial impact of businesses that conduct background checks and use those checks to screen out persons with arrest or conviction records. based on our meetings as well as our research, we have come up with a couple of bindings or themes. the use of criminal background checks varies from businesses to businesses. some have check boxes on the application. some actually conduct background checks and screen out persons who do have conviction records. other businesses use other means including resumes and interviews with more traditional means. they use various companies which have different levels of accuracy in reporting. the san francisco businesses are interested in -- are interested in hiring persons with the arrest records and what an incentive to do so. persons with the arrest and conviction records continue to face discrimination and stigma associated with their criminal records. busi