>> >> july 17, 2014,

>> city of san francisco >> rules committee meeting >> >> please stand by... >> >>

>> >> >> good afternoon. welcome to our rules committee for thursday july 17, 2014. i am

supervisors norman yee and i will be chairing this meeting. i'm joined by supervisor katie tang and supervisor campos. the clerk today is lisa miller. the committee would also like to acknowledge the staff of sf gov. tv. san francisco television jessie larson. who record all our meetings and make the transcripts available online. madam clerk, do you have announcements? >> yes, please make sure to silence all cell phones and electronic devices. please submit any copies and documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will appear on the agenda. >> call you call items 1-9. >> items 1-9 involving

various lawsuits. >> is there any members of the public who wish to speak on items 1-9? seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues is there a motion to convene in closed session. with no objection. motion passes. members of the public, we will now be convened in closed session. we will ask you to please leave the room so we can get to the nine items. >>

>> deputy city attorney john

gibner, the committee voted items 1-4, 6-9 for full recommendation. one vote with supervisors campos voting no to vote item 5 with a full board of recommendation. >> thank you. city attorney gibner. can i have a meetings -- motion to not disclose the session? >> so moved. >> can i have a second? no objection. motion is passed. madam clerk, please call item no. 10. city clerk: item 10: [initiative ordinance - administrative code - minimum wage]14068710.sponsors: mayor; kim, chiu, farrell, breed, yee, wiener, campos, cohen, tang and marmotion ordering submitted to the voters an ordinance amending the administrative code to increase the minimum wage for employees in san francisco to $12.25 per hour on may 1, 2015, with annual increases, reaching $15.00 per hour in 2018, followed thereafter by

annual cost-of-living increases; following 2015, provide only for annual cost-of-living increases in the minimum wage for two narrow categories of employees; and include the city government and in-home supportive services public authority as employers subject to the minimum wage ordinance at an election to be held on november 4, 2014. city clerk: item 10: [initiative ordinance - administrative code - minimum wage]14068710.sponsors: mayor; kim, chiu, farrell, breed, yee, wiener, campos, cohen, tang and marmotion ordering submitted to the voters an ordinance amending the administrative code to increase the minimum wage for employees in san francisco to $12.25 per hour on may 1, 2015, with annual increases, reaching $15.00 per hour in 2018, followed thereafter by annual cost-of-living increases; following 2015, provide only for annual cost-of-living increases in the minimum wage for two narrow categories of employees; and include the city government and in-home supportive services public authority as employers subject to the minimum wage ordinance at an election to be held on november 4, 2014. city clerk: item 10: [initiative ordinance - administrative code - minimum wage]14068710.sponsors: mayor; kim, chiu, farrell, breed, yee, wiener, campos, cohen, tang and marmotion ordering submitted to the voters an ordinance amending the administrative code to increase the minimum wage for employees in san francisco to $12.25 per hour on may 1, 2015, with annual increases, reaching $15.00 per hour in 2018, followed thereafter by annual cost-of-living increases; following 2015, provide only for annual cost-of-living increases in the minimum wage for two narrow categories of employees; and include the city government and in-home supportive services public authority as employers subject to the minimum wage ordinance at an election to be held on november 4, 2014. >> short 1234 shortly we'll be joined by supervisor kim who is going to speak on this item. we'll give her a minute to get here from her office.

>> everyone is so quiet. >> you are going to sing a song? >> yes. i'm going to sing a song. >> so, we are joined by supervisor kim to this committee meeting. and we already called item no. 10, which is the minimum wage item. so, supervisor kim would you like to make your comment and go over this part of the meeting.

>>supervisor jane kim: thank you for those that came out of this proposal for the ballot. san francisco is setting the bar for workers right in an economic growth agenda and we are doing it together. i'm proud to stand with the entire of the board of supervisors, mayor, labor, workers, coalition for fair economy and non-profit and chamber of commerce the most progressive and strongest minimum wage proposal in the country. and this proposal all san francisco employers will be paying $15 an hour by 2018. there is no tip credit or -- credit. these are pure wages that workers will be able to take home. despite setting this precedent in 2003 led actually by a coalition of activist and laborers, in the last two 2 years in particular

we are seeing a widening gap between our lowest and highest paid workers. in a time of economic prosperity, no one should be left behind. everyone that works to make a city and economy most successful should benefit from this prosperity. we have to keep in mind when we are talking about minimum wage, we are not just talking about the province of teenagers trying to make more money. in fact 88 percent of those that benefit from minimum wage are ages 20 and older. women are almost half of all minimum wage workers in this country. we are committed to creating more jobs in san francisco. we can't just be about creating any job. we should be committed to create higher paying jojs jobs and lives wages and allow people to take care of their families and

thrive. labor and workers have been clear to initiative and respect the lowest wage workers. labor and workers fought for universal health care in san francisco, put sick day ordinance on the ballot. no one considered these landmark legislation and now others are joining san francisco's rank and implementing the policy. san francisco has a lot to be proud of. we not only push the boundary to respect the work of our workers within our city boundaries, we impact the lives of workers throughout the country. having the strongest minimum wage proposal in the country isn't enough. it has to be effective. we can't work this hard to pay better wages and not pay attention to where the money is going. we want to ensure it ends up in the pocket of our wage earners. therefore we are presenting this today and the mayor's office and all have worked on to make sure we are

highlighting the city's enforcement priority for this minimum wage measure. i have submitted those amendments to the members of the rules committee as well. to be clear about what the ordinance is actually about, this is how we are amending the minimum wage ordinance . one, we are increasing the minimum wage wage to $12.25 on may day, 2015. and then thereafter, every year rising to $13 and and $14 and eventually to $15 with annual increases starting thereafter cord together consumer price index. we krooefd -- created two categories of government employees starting on may day with annual increases starting july 1, 2016. based on consumer price index. we add the city and san francisco in home supportive services

public authority to be included in the definition of employer of minimum wage ordinance. something that we were not able to do 10 years ago. a very important class of workers here in san francisco. we also exempt city employees from recovering monetary penalties. the initiative would of the administrative code of the in home had been authority shall be paid no less than minimum wage in the minimum compensation ordinance and no less than the minimum wage established in the ordinance. so, i do have a couple of amendments and i do want to -- is it appropriate to read them into the record now, chair yee or after public comment? >> read it in right now. >> okay. there are three amendments. first on page 5, line 18, added section which

reads kwoets "it is the policy of city of san francisco to employers be held accountable and the board of supervisors shall study and review the fees ability with state law to enhance the enforcement tool and the city's to combat wage theft and to promote collaboration between all agencies and departments as well as between the city and state and federal labor standards agencies in the enforcement of this chapter. the second maemd 2nd amendment on page 7, line 10. that all city agencies and departments shall cooperate with revocation or suspension from the agency, the agency being the office of labor and standards enforcement. finally page 10, line 3, change