because she had just been evicted because she could not pay for the rent. her ssi was only $500 and on top of that the wages she would earn as a minimum wage worker did not support her being able to pay for the rents in either of places she lived and this is a chronic eviction she had been seeing and didn't have support from her family members because they are not able to also pay their rent. it's time now to ensure that our workers in san francisco are able to meet their needs and our wages need to increase to ensure that they are meeting the price of what living in san francisco is costing now. thank you so much. >> thank you, mr. menendez. >> supervisors, my name is connie ford and i'm one of the vice-president's of the san

francisco labor council. i am actually quite proud here to stand here before you. the labor council, other unions and many other community organizations work hard for this calling us the coalition for the fair campaign, we got in the streets and negotiated with the mayor and with everybody's help we have come up with one of the most exciting minimum wage initiatives the country has ever seen. many of us were there 10 years ago and now we are awe fully proud. i just want to caution you about ted eagan's good report that in a week uc berkeley is going to produce another report, like the glass is half full and half empty where ted eagan said that 60,000 workers are going to benefit from this. we understand that over 100,000 workers from uc berkeley will

benefit where ted eagan says the city will flow by the dollars. uc says 10s if not hundreds of millions of dollars will benefit over time. this is really important for the city and when supervisors campos talks about comparison to uganda, it's about time that we work hard to get this passed because it's going to benefit every single one of us, our children and grandchildren. thank you very much. >> thank you. before the next speaker, i'm going to call more speakers. i forgot to mention san francisco chamber of commerce. john sackey. teresa molina, bob cass ana,

jeffrey hunter, tavia. >> good afternoon, my name is pilar schiavo from the california nurses association. we are part of the campaign for a fair economy and we fought very hard for this and appreciate the leadership by supervisor kim and we worked with the mayor's office and our coalition to come to #2k3wr50e789 and -- agreement and the larger fight that i know supervisor campos now is engaged in. that's one of the reasons as a nurse that you can't be health and provide for your families. nurses have told me about when they are taking care of children who are cancer patients and

their parents can't be there because they have to go to work. who should have to make that choice? this is something that we see day in and day out when people are making decisions about medications and being able to is survive and pay rent and putting food on the table for their children. we are very proud that san francisco is leading the way in this movement nationally and we hope this is something that will set the standard for the rest of the nation because we know san francisco while workers here are hurting, arguably the most of any business workers in the country, we know workers are hurting nationally as well. this is one of the reasons that we are fighting a main street campaign around housing and education and health care and living wage jobs and we appreciate the supervisors support. we hope that you will forward this and expect that you will and look forward to

a unanimous vote of the full board. thank you. >> good evening, my name is amy aguilera. we are here to support the ballot measure to support minimum wage. everyday it's becoming more difficult for working families to stay afloat with the rising cost-of-living and the inflated housing prices. so as prices go up our wages do not follow. it's leading individuals and families and communities in the dark. so san francisco needs solutions like this to keep our communities afloat and raising the minimum wage is definitely a step in the right direction. like supervisor campos mentioned san francisco has to do better and now is the opportunity to do so and lead the way in minimum wage. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is antonio diaz. i'm with podder

and san francisco rising. i'm here to raise our support for minimum wage. going on two 2 years now with podder with coalition that we work with in district 11 publiced this report. it was based on the community consultation where there were 200 residents and workers in district 11. we did sessions in spanish and tagalog and cantonese and english. one of the reoccurring issues that came up in the session that we had with community members in the neighborhood was the issue of at the current jobs that they just do not pay sufficient wages. we have drafted this report with the recommendations, but obviously in terms of a way to get us there, the raising of the minimum wage is an important step. it's not just raising

the minimum wage but also ensuring it's enforcement is crucial along with bold policies around housing, education, community and economic development that will help workers in san francisco, not just is survive but ideally thrive. thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is tav ia. a second generation native san franciscoan. rent not affordable. not even a lousy hotel. i think bed bugs are getting a better deal than us. you may giggle about that, but it's true. it's really getting bad out there. i speak

because i'm an ihs worker and i make minimum wage too and i fight for that. i'm a live in worker and provider for him. if i didn't have him, there is no telling where i would be, in a doorway or something. lord knows i have been there before and would not like to go back. we all need to bond and not just low income people, all of us need to as city of san franciscans to show pride. this is something we've all earned. this is something we need to keep and so you can look at your grandchildren and say, hey, i remember when that building was there. i feel

that way. it's not fair that you have to live in a dump. and then have other people in nice places. i don't know what you guys can do, but all i can do is tell you how i feel and what's going on out there and it's getting worse. there are lots of kids from all over and sleeping on the street. it's just, [inaudible] >> thank you for coming to speak. >> good afternoon, john sacke deputy director and cochair of the council. i'm here to speak in favor of this measure and especially about the provision which provides an alternative wage for government supported

youth employees. 10 years ago, while we very much supported the minimum wage measure, providers who provides work for youth were not available. hundreds of the youth we served their positions were unfortunately eliminated due to limitations in available resources. right now young people are recovering from the highest youth unemployment on record in this country. my organization alone is weight ait listing over 2,000 people a year. it was vital that we maintain at the table the need for these young people's needs were addressed. i'm very

pleased to say that folks were very sensitive to the needs of these young people. it would be great to pay a few of them a little bit more, but by far the need to serve as many of them and to make as many of them as employable as possible. i wanted to speak up for young people. i very much support the process and how inclusive it was and i just urge you toed -- today to move this forward and pass this in november. thank you very much. >> [ spanish speaker ]

>> good afternoon. my name is teresa molina the president of workers alliance of san francisco rising. i'm here in support to raise the minimum wage. right now the minimum wage is not enough in san francisco for rent and food. for me, i work and i also have to recycle collecting cans just to make ends meet to be able to pay for food, rent, fast pass, transportation to

be able to is survive here. i'm here asking you to please support the minimum wage raise to $15 an hour. thank you. >> good afternoon, jim lazarus san francisco council. thank you to the board and mayor and his staff moving us to one measure. having competitive measures on the ballot would not have been the way to go. i hope the two measures for hearing later can end up on the ballot or perhaps legislatively through the normal process that we don't have competitive housing measures. our concern was mentioned earlier by the restaurant association. it's not $15 an hour, it's how do we get to $15 an hour. we made it clear from the beginning that we supported that goal as the business community. i think that's broad based within the san francisco

business community. the question still remains whether or not there will be a negative job impact and time will tell. i think our history since 2003 when we put in the first local minimum wage indicated some impacts. in 10 yearscious the cost of hiring entry level in san francisco became 60 percent between minimum wage and health care security ordinance and cost on sick leave benefits. the result of that was a significant slowdown in job growth in san francisco until just a few years ago. in 2013, we hit 6 thousand jobs in san francisco since 2000. our concern is that there can be negative job impact, with not layoffs but perhaps slow job growth. we wish this had a broader, longer ramp up. we think we should have something for especially for smaller

businesses, but at the same time, we do want to salute those that participated in making this possible. we know it's going to be a successful measure on the november ballot. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. lapis zarus. >> hello, my name is barbara. i'm here from the scene 84 -- senior and disability action group. we advocate for their needs and help educate them and help organize around the various issues of the problems they are facing. health care issues, caregiver issues, ihs and housing issues. you will ask how does this impact the minimum wage. the whole city has been completely hit hard by the increase of cost in the city. i won't even bother.

blah blah blah. everybody knows what's happening. because we are non-profit we also support these wages for nonprofit. the second thing, i also live in district 6, thank you, ms. kim. this is not a wealthy district at all. everyday you walk down the street and you see many homeless people and people who are very poor, old people who can barely leave their apartments and people who need caregivers to help them live fuller lives. this issue of minimum wage is not an abstraction. it hits people's lives directly and we are happy that the st e is taking it seriously and putting it forward and i understand 60 percent of people in san francisco are already supporting it. if it's put on the ballot, i'm sure it will be a success and real star in san francisco's crown. so

please carry on and thank you very much. >> good afternoon, supervisors. supervisor kim, i would like to thank you for connecting this hearing. i also want to say i don't think it's realistic for anybody to think that there will be some possible negative job impact but if you look at the whole picture, there are many out there living one paycheck from being out on the street. i support the minimum wage and hope you can get that passed in the ballot. >> i want to congratulations the board and everyone in the room for achieving this. so that loved ones and neighbors can work everyday. the organization i work for is going to affect about 50

workers. i also want to mention that the restaurant had similar concerns when you enacted healthy sf and you return to that issue and draft legislation to stop the restaurants from pocketing millions of dollars that they said was being put aside for their employees health care. i want to ensure you that we'll continue to be the boots on the ground behind these initiatives and with supervisor kim's health initiative. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is tony robles and senior with disability action and board member with the heritage foundation. minimum wage i think the in accrues in minimum wage i understand is going to be incremental. and while i commend the step in the direction, i think more

has to be done. we are living probably in the first or second most expensive city in the country. we have seen wages that have been stagnate for decades. so, what we are looking at really is an issue of economic equity. the hotel struggle whose anniversary is coming up in early august was not only about housing equity but also about economic equity. we see the faces here and i was very much moved by the comments of the ihs worker who is a seventh generation of san francisco. it's good to see the youth here in numbers that are telling what are the youth saying? they are saying they want a better life, they want economic quit, equity, they want economic equity,

we've seen them take autopsy -- all of our raises and the work that our work has produced and put in their pockets. while we are increasing the minimum wage, we not only want to see a maximum equity and share, but there is much more to be done. i commend supervisor kim for sponsoring this. let's make it higher. let's work towards beyond 15 and working towards more economic equity, not only in san francisco but throughout this country and throughout this world. thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors, my name is lisa alexander for politics is a local 1021 and also a non-profit worker at the tenderloin. i want to thank supervisor kim for your role in coming up with this measure. also for recognizing

that this is even possible because of the bravery because of the fast food workers to bring issues of equality and the idea of lifting everybody up as the solution to rising inequality in our country. i say no one working full time should be living in poverty and raising the minimum wage is a practical solution to addressing poverty. however we have many many people working two or three jobs and living in poverty. we have seniors who are working and renting floor space. we have people who are living in sro hotel rooms and people matching their income with public benefits because their wages don't get tluchlt -- through. we are engaged in minimum

wage, i glad san francisco is leading the way again. we have spent a lot of money to attract a lot of sectors here. i think this is the appropriate next step to take is to say, we don't have to just attract lots and lots of good jobs. we can make all jobs good jobs and lift the wages. thank you very much. >> thank you. i want to call the rest of our cards that want to speak at public comment. lily wong, chelsey boiler, frances, grace martinez, david elliot louis, mario. if you did not submit a card, please feel free to lineup. mr. tennis? >> thank you committee members for allowing me to speak this afternoon. my name is david tennis and retired and i live in the tenderloin. i would like to commend all of you for the work that you have done in this measure. $15 an hour is a very good start.

unfortunately that's not until july 1, 2018. and it seems like we are sell braeth -- celebrating as if it were today. i wish it was. to divide the have and have knots in san francisco is everyday. even though $15 an hour is a very good amount, that's not for another 4 years. what about between now and then? i don't have the answers. i'm not that smart. but to divide the have z s and z and s have nots. >> good afternoon supervisors. i'm the executive director of west bay for the -- service. i brought students here today. we support the increase of

minimum wage. the reason for is a lot of our students, a lot of our kids don't finish high school. those who don't finish high school don't go to college. a lot of filipino students we have live in san francisco. in fact we lost 11 percent of our population in san francisco. on behalf of our students, we fully support the increase in the minimum wage. thank you very much. >> also thank you to the west bay summer youth program for coming out to rules committee today. [ applause ]

next speaker, please. >> i really don't have too much to say, but i will say everything is getting inflated. so raise the minimum wage. you know, why are you going to inflate everything and don't raise our pay. it doesn't make sense. it's just natural progression. are we going to cut the people short and raise the prices on everything or are we going to cut the people. raise the minimum wage. >> good afternoon, i name is nichols. organization local 1021 and worker in san francisco and case manager in affordable housing community

non-profit organizations. normally i come to these committees or city hall meetings and we are fighting and complaining about something, we don't like something that's going on, we are demanding more, but this is great minimum wage policy that i hope becomes implemented. i really want to say thank you for putting this up, working it out through seiu, i'm proud of the coalition for the fair economy which is made up of labor organizations. and work out differences and come to this compromise with this measure that we are discussing today. bring it home a little bit more. i started working full time as a non-profit worker in 2005 and that's how i started seeing company -- co-workers of mine making less than $15

an hour. and working in the union and nonprofit, over the years there is no push from the bottom. the clients from the non-profit organizations, there is no push from the bottom. i want to ask you to keep it up. let's pass this, let's make sure people go up from the bottom and like we saw a lot of the studies earlier that will push the economy. thank you and keep doing what you are doing with this. >> thank you. >> hello. my name is lily wong for children and youth part of san francisco work alliance. i'm here to support minimum wage to $15 an hour. working class families in san francisco need a higher minimum wage. i'm actually

the product of a minimum wage family. my father's first job? san francisco was a minimum wage janitorial job. families like mine are the ones that keep the city going. minimum wage wasn't enough for us to is survive growing up in san francisco and that was a long time ago. it's a little embarrassing, but when i was going to school in this city i got academically dinged, i got a lower score in one of my presentations because i didn't by coastal paper for that presentation because i didn't want the added cost to my family because they couldn't buy me poster paper for school. it's young people in minimum wage families like mine that make these decisions everyday. and they really shouldn't have to make those decisions. the measure of our city's success should be based on how well workers can live

and thrive in san francisco. that's why i support a higher minimum wage. thank you. >> hello, my name is chelsey for children and youth and part of san francisco rising and i'm here to support the minimum wage measure. we organize working class for youth and these are families who without a living wage are living in over crowded and substandard living conditions and in some cases pushed out of the city and commuting for work and school. these families urgently need an increase in minimum wage. an incredible amount of work has been done to create unity around this powerful measure and get it passed by voters in on november. it is not a

living wage. we still have a ways to go to make sure those can stay in the city to thrive. it is a powerful measure and powerful step in the right direction and will affect thousands of workers to ensure they are economically secure. thank you. >> thank you. just a reminder if those can put their phones on vibrantte -- vibrate or silent. >> david elliot louis. 30 -year resident, long time social justice advocate and also on the board of community partnership. i know our director hasn't always been supportive of this. that's her opinion. i think there is huge value in promoting this. it does trouble me that san francisco chamber of commerce