‘Imagine a white collar job hiring someone who was charged with felony embezzlement but had their records sealed’
A bill to create a new way to seal felony convictions and arrest records of formerly incarcerated Californians was passed by the Senate on Wednesday.
Senate Bill 731, jointly authored by Senators Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) and Steven Bradford (D-Los Angeles), would make felony conviction and arrest records sealable for any defendant, but only after certain circumstances. Under the bill, defendants would have to fully complete their sentence of incarceration, probation, mandatory supervision, post-release supervision, and/or parole, as well as go four years out of prison having not being convicted of a new offense. In some cases, records may also be sealed following after only one or two years of no new convictions. SB 731 sealing relief would also specifically apply to defendant convicted in all years after 2004.
Senators Durazo and Bradford wrote the bill due to older criminal convictions and arrest records being a significant barrier for many types of employment in the state. Both Senators also cited a 2018 Californians for Safety and Justice and UNITE-LA report that found that 2.5 million workers in California were being hindered by the felony record barrier every year, estimating that California lost $20 billion in gross domestic product output each year due to the felony record barrier against full employment.
“Our conviction and arrest records system forces the people who go through it – our mothers and fathers, our brothers and sisters – to face obstacles for the rest of their lives, in every aspect of their lives,” said Senator Durazo. “The completion of a prison sentence should pave the way for a complete return to participate fully in society. But for millions of Californians, their conviction history turns into a lifelong sentence of limited access to employment, housing, education, and the ability to live a full, normal life and provide for their families.”
It’s nuts out here in Sacramento.
The crazies own the power.
Letting 90,000 more inmates loose, very early in sentences?
What could possibly go wrong.
…an interview between a future embezzlement felon and a prospective employer…
INTERVIEWER
“…Your resume looks good, but I notice a 2 to 5 year gap in your job history. What were you doing then?”
FELON
“Uh, learning some life lesssons”.
INTERVIEWER
“Oh? What school? Do you have transcripts?”
FELON
“No, it was just an experience in my life. Look, it doesn’t matter to the job, you can see I’m qualified…”
INTERVIEWER
“Oh, OK. Well, your RESUME says you’re qualified and you SEEM knowledgeable, but I notice you ask that we DON’T contact your former employer. Why is that?”
FELON
“Uh, I didn’t leave on good terms. They were racist and stuff, I guess. Don’t wanna talk about it.”
INTERVIEWER (Drums fingers breifly)
“…well, OK, I think I have all I need now, we’ve got a few other candidates to talk to thanks for coming in, we’ll be in touch!”
(INTERVIEWER watches FELON leave. Enters REJECT in database and moves on)
…if a prospective employer actually does their due diligence, this should not be an issue, is what I’m saying, just makes it less easy is all…
In the interest of increasing innocent human suffering, misery and death. Shielding this information from potential victims denies them the RIGHT to information that could prove fatal. Of course the progressive movement supports this. They exist for the purpose of increasing innocent human suffering, misery and death. Every item on their agenda ultimately leads to increased innocent human suffering, misery and death and this specific proposal also rewards their proxies who they vicariously get their nut by living out their fantasies through.
And when they go on a murdering rampage in the business, and were on the FBI watchlist, they’ll say they have no idea how it happened. Politicians need to be charged as accomplices.
Is the Guvy looking to cover his future record as well?That will drive business out of California and make it a well fare state.
Nullifying the usefulness or form 4473.
California cannot fall into the Pacific soon enough…..
Everything Democrats support goes against every principle we know to be true and just.
A serial poisoner landing a job at McDonalds will work out poorly
A serial poisoner landing a job at The French Laundry restaurant would work out much, much better!
They need the votes and the chaos.
They love a good crisis where they can come to the rescue. In the meantime they move in lock step dividing people and create a perception of revolution which they will oversee. Not a real revolution, but a perceived one, think BLM and antifa. BLM cares nothing of the black community, they only care about the perception of what they’re doing and the money. If they did they would be going to hell holes city’s and stopping black on black murder.
ALL
Before Bush sent the NeoCommie “Republican” Sunununu out ;ere to politically kill all Conservatives on the GOP leadership this would never have happened;ened. Thank GHWB and the NeoClommie Sununu!
It did not happen by coincidence! Bushes ;planned it! And , top our sorrow, they son???!
“Senators Durazo and Bradford wrote the bill due to older criminal convictions and arrest records being a significant barrier for many types of employment in the state“.
Criminal activity SHOULD be a barrier. You have proved you will harm others in order to get what you want. You’re disqualified from positions that will make it easy for you to harm others.