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 supports this. it makes me think we didn't go quite far enough. this is a great start. i strongly support it. 10 supervisors or supporters, to me it's a complete, i'm preaching to the choir, i know it will pass. i want to thank you for doing this. you are really going to help a lot of people and you will help people at the bottom. i live in district six and i see poor people everyday and people who will be helped by this. i'm

hoping that in maybe two or 3 years we'll have another adjustment. i hope there is no watering down to dilute this. so please go forward and carry it forth as designed. you will really be helping poor people. thank you supervisors. good day. >> thank you. mr. louis. >> good afternoon, my name is grace martinez, a community organizer for community and empowerment. we organize income for communities and social and economic justice. we are here to support the minimum wage increase. earlier today at the press conference we had in front of city hall, one comment that resonates with everyone is that the rent was too damn high and a lot of that comes from the fact that there is a growing inequality here in san francisco with the

cost-of-living and increased profits for a lot of koreans -- corporations. $15 an hour is a great start and this is a livable wage. thank you very much. >> hi supervisors. mario, from san francisco. from the community groups from the advocates of podder. we are proud to be part of this fairness economy. as so many have said one of the pieces to make this affordability crisis

in san franciscans. i want to get on record to make sure the municipal election an intense voter outreach program. we employee 10 people, we contact 4619 voters where many supported an immediate measure and we identified 77 supporters which this committee heard. we are looking forward to working with our allies to make sure this becomes law. thank you supervisors for bringing this measure before the votesers. thank you. i do have one more speaker card. ward log ins. any other person that would like to speak on this item? >> just good afternoon supervisors. thank you for allowing me to speak. i love my supervisor jane kim.

appreciate you. thank you for doing a great job. i support the minimum wage increase and support affordable housing. i think san francisco has a lot of services that we provide and we have a lot of people wanting to go back to work. we have a large amount of people on general assistance and welfare. i think $15 an hour will be an encouragement to going back to work and cost of child care and person earning minimum wage who can't hardly afford the cost of child care. i think $15 an hour will be great to have an income for affordable housing as well. i'm hoping that $15 an hour will boost our local economy, businesses and raise funz for our city because we provide a lot of services for our residents and we need this

minimum wage to put people back to work. thank you. >> thank you. i got a couple more speaker cards, jesus perez, marian. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is jesus perez with south of market network. i'm here to support p minimum wage. you guys support the minimum wage because we have families that live in sro's and they are working two jobs. so i'm here to see if you can increase the minimum wage, thank you. >> thank you, mr. perez. you mean come in any order. >> i will take it then. thank you very much supervisors. we are all in support of this.

you can see how broad the support for this measure has been and thank you for taking the initiative on this. i have also been a restaurant worker and when people talk about the restaurants and how the jobs really affect us. most of my co-workers work two jobs just to make it here. my mom worked three jobs. she woshthd woshth in -- worked in a restaurant and flower shop. it's about living a rich life. that's why it's important. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you for taking the time to be here. my name is lydia. i have been working with comcast for the past year. i have been in

san francisco for the past seven 7 years mainly with working families. basically what's going on right now in the city is as you have all seen and it's all affecting us is high prices. the biggest impact has always been on our immigrant community. the families that work in the kitchen, the families that are serving your food and minimum wage that's on right now is not enough for our families and to increase the minimum wage would be a small relief, but it would help families that have five and four kids trying to exist here in san francisco. thank you for your time. >> thank you. are there any other speakers on this item? seeing none, mr. chair, can we please close public comment. >> okay. thank you supervisor

kim for conducting this item. you had earlier wanted us to introduce some amendment to this item. we heard the amendments already that you wanted us to introduce. is there a motion to introduce the amendments as outlined by supervisor kim? >> so moved. >> okay. without objection, the amendments are passed. is there a motion to pass this item out? so moved. >> there is a motion and are there comments? >> thank you, chair. i wanted to make a quick comment. i wanted to thank all the members who came out today. this is a very compromised solution. it was a compromise for a lot of employers who are worried about the rapid increase to $15 even though they agreed that $15 need