after the commission's vote, the h.r.c. conducted outreach with various stake holders, including the chamber of commerce, small property owners, neighborhood association and community groups and since that time, there's been an explosion, i would say, in mainstream media about what it looks like to have a conviction record and what mass incarceration that the war on drugs has done to black and brown people in the country. in addition to impoverishing people, it has been a stigma. in the lgbt community, harassment is why 16% of transgender adults have been incarcerated. there's been an explosion in the number of women who are incarcerated. 50% of people incarcerated are mothers and have children under the age of 18. because women workers are in industries that perform criminal background checks, some incarcerated women have challenges finding employment. to reiterate, when we call someone a felon or ex-offender, we're talking about a broad range of people that include veterans, lgbt, women, and persons with disabilities, and