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Los Angeles employers have to satisfy the state Fair Chance Act and the city's own Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance. The local layer adds its own written assessment before you can withdraw an offer over a conviction.
ComplianceCalifornia's Fair Chance Act sets a separate rule from the state's 7-year reporting cap: no criminal history questions before a conditional job offer, and no withdrawing that offer without an individualized assessment first. Here's how the timing rule actually works.
ComplianceCalifornia caps most background check reporting at 7 years, and that cap doesn't bend for salary. Here's the actual rule, where the $75,000 exception claim comes from, and why it doesn't apply to a California hire.
ComplianceColorado and California both cap background check reporting at seven years, with no salary exception on the law that actually governs the report. Where the widely repeated '$75,000 exception' claims actually come from, and why they don't apply to a criminal history check.