Melissa Griffin, Not Guilty!
Posted on 12/01/2011 6:08:44 AM PST by Navy Patriot
On Wednesday, the Budget and Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors will take up a bill that would give a payroll tax credit to local employers who hire ex-felons. I imagine this new law, if enacted, would lead to lots of employment rejection letters for nonfelonious citizens. Letters like this:
Dear Mr. Morgan,
We at the Mediocris Circus wish to thank you for submitting an application for the position of feline habitat maintenance associate. I read in The San Francisco Examiner that the unemployment rate for Americans ages 16 to 24 is about 18 percent, which must explain why we received so many applications from persons like you, a recent graduate of San Francisco State University.
We regret to inform you that you are not qualified for the position, as you have no criminal record and we are looking to capitalize on recent tax incentives to hire ex-felons.
Sure, we were disappointed last year when supervisors John Avalos, Ross Mirkarimi and Sean Elsbernd killed the mayor’s proposal to give a citywide payroll tax break for all new jobs created for unemployed persons in 2010 and 2011. At the time, Mirkarimi lamented, “I’m concerned that we are using buzzwords like ‘tax credit’ and ‘rebate’ at a time when we are feeling the impact of an economic downturn.”
As you can imagine, we were grateful that Mirkarimi did an about-face and passed a law giving a big tax credit for employers who hire ex-felons. Considering the fact that no one knew how many employers in San Francisco actually employed ex-offenders, or how many employers would take advantage of the payroll tax break, or whether it would lower criminal recidivism rates, or how it would impact The City’s budget, we really couldn’t believe our luck!
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Melissa Griffin, Not Guilty!
Interesting: Would the LA OWS folks who got arrested qualify for this program?
So if you knock over a convenience store as a first time offender and enter a diversion program, can you go to the front of the list for a job?
Effectively yes, and your point is well made as California and San Francisco have started and ramped up programs to keep as many criminals as possible OUT of jail or prison, including time served sentences, diversion, early release, mathematical trickery of "good time", and other legal tricks. The only guy that gets the maximum sentence is the photo red light violator.
The city will give a $10,000 city tax break to an employer that hires a felon over out-of-work Joe Honest with a clean record.
Yes, but they would have to get a job in San Francisco, not elsewhere.
Yes, but they would have to get a job in San Francisco, not elsewhere.
“Yes, but they would have to get a job in San Francisco, not elsewhere.”
What a better place to send them. LOL
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