Los Angeles City Fair Chance Initiative

As of January 22, 2017, the city of Los Angeles (the city) has a Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (the FCIHO) that “bans the box” effectively eliminating the commonly used criminal history check box found on many employment applications. The FCIHO also imposes requirements on how employers obtain and use criminal background information in hiring decisions.¹

As of January 1, 2018, California law also “bans-the-box” and imposes requirements on how employers obtain and use criminal history (the state law). You are required to comply with both the FCIHO and state law. For more information about the state law, see Obtaining.