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

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 o

there was a hearing sparked by incidents like these the but tons and her upper spree is used on students. teresastacio explained. >>reporter: taken to convince i have slowed down the video for the you can see how an officer holding a large can of pepper spray and hosed down all of the students sitting on the ground at uc-davis during a protest last month. all 11 people needed medical attention. it was sprayed in the eyes and nose and caused breathing problems law makers are now fan news of force at all the campuses throughout a state must begin >>reporter: and iraq beginning of the year in the lawmakers spelled out, what happened to the students while processing-- protesting.. >>reporter: any uc-davis chancellor who has come under fire with her role in the pepper spray into that told lawmakers in retrospect that she would have directed officers to leave the protesters alone. >> would you do differently? >> if i knew the police would not remove the we would not have moved them. memel infant and zero months of adjournment for i plan on land and my calendar march 3rd and to reserve the right to uns