EXCEPTIONS FROM EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION PROCEDURES.
Los Angeles Municipal Code § 189.07
in effectSEC. 189.07. EXCEPTIONS FROM EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION PROCEDURES.
Sections 189.02, 189.03 and 189.04 A. do not apply in the following circumstances:
A. The Employer is required by law to obtain information regarding a Conviction of an Applicant.
B. The Applicant would be required to possess or use a firearm in the course of the Applicant’s Employment.
C. An individual who has been convicted of a crime is prohibited by law from holding the position sought by the Applicant, regardless of whether that conviction has been expunged, judicially ordered sealed, statutorily eradicated or judicially dismissed following probation.
D. An Employer is prohibited by law from hiring an Applicant who has been convicted of a crime.
Source: City of Los Angeles, Charter and Codes (American Legal Publishing, codelibrary.amlegal.com)URL: https://codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/los_angeles/latest/lamc/0-0-0-293534Fetched: 10/24/2026