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KTLA reports.

Mayor Garcetti Wants College Applications to Stop Asking About Students’ Criminal Records

Eric Garcetti has recruited 32 other mayors across the country to join him in urging college admissions companies to stop asking applicants about their criminal histories.

In a letter, the mayors petitioned the Common Application Association and Universal College Application — two companies whose standard applications are used by many private universities — “to remove any box that inquires into a person’s past criminal history from your admissions applications.”

Garcetti joins other advocates and the federal government in making the case that the mere inquiry about criminal history can scare an applicant away.