except for the presumptions that they are doing it in concert with the m.t.a. to quiet taxi drivers' voices, to impede organizing at a very, very critical point for our industry. the taxi lots at s.f.o. are the only common ground that taxi drivers have to meet together, to talk, they typically spend an hour, three hours there, they have always had, you know, a free access to go around the taxi lots and it's just totally absurd that they are now prohibiting us from doing that. and airport representative after i raised this objection at the commission said we could do this at one of the picnic tables in the lots. well, there are 400 cab drivers in the lots at any given time, and maybe three at a picnic table. it makes no sense.

>> clerk: thank you, next speaker. >> i'm here to advocate your support for s.b.1426 and bills like it, support the expansion of the scope of practice for pharmacists. allowing them to furnish patients with drugs and devices that patients would otherwise seek primary care physician to receive. pharmacists are medication experts can decrease the burden on physicians to prescribe commonly used medications, providing physicians more time with patients to make many other important clinical decisions, and highly populated san francisco, increasing access to care in this manner can only benefit our communities. thank you. >> clerk: any other members of the public that would like to speak in general public comment?

>> tom gilbert, usually i come and i have two tissues in my pocket, i never use them, i find them coming out of the dryer with the clothes. last year i used two tissues in 45 minutes and i went to the board of supervisors office searching for more and used them up, and went to the clerk of the board for more tissues, this is -- this is runny nose season. if we could have boxes of tissues in every room behind a closed door in the city would be great. world series is happening right now, usually on the team in the world series there is a pitcher throwing fastballs, just control, striking everybody out. we are lucky to have michael wright on the side of the podium, this side of the fence throwing items and issues at

this board and throwing strikes all the time. i'm glad to be behind him. i second almost everything he is saying. i attended the audit and oversight committee about earthquake tall buildings and the safety and i'm still not sure what the city is going to look like after the big-big one. 1989 was the big-little one, or the little-big one. i don't know what the streets are going to look like. i would like the fire department to raise the issue what the city will look like. also at that meeting they talked about the crisis intervention teams. they need to be independent of the police and department of public health. commissioner reports solely to the mayor. mayor needs to keep the streets clean. mayor breed has fallen like humpty dumpty has fallen off the wall twice now. first with not wanting the 300

million in issue c, and now with the taxis, what they are doing. >> clerk: any other members of the public that would like to speak in public comment? all right. public comment is closed. >> president cohen: madam clerk, it's 3:04. perhaps it's time to go to the 3:00 p.m. special order. >> clerk: items 31 and 32, are a hearing in ordinance, the hearing is for the board to sit as a committee of the whole to consider the proposed ordinance, increase the hourly xhengs rate for employees under contracts with non-profit corporations to $16, and under contracts with public entities to $17, and establishing a working group. this hearing was scheduled pursuant to the approval of

motion made during the board of supervisor's meeting. >> president cohen: after we hear from supervisor fewer and ronen, then the legislative analyst's office. >> supervisor fewer: thank you very much, good afternoon, everyone. i am happy to announce that supervisor ronen and i, with our labor partners, have come to an agreement with the mayor in support of a raise for our lowest paid workers. over 20,000 home health care workers, seek care for the elders and disabled residents, and depends on thousands of low wage workers to provide safety net services, all these workers are on the edge of poverty, most earning only $15 an hour and yet they have some of the most emotionally and physically demanding jobs. this legislation was originally

introduced by supervisors kim and sheehy about one and a half years ago. since then, supervisor ronen and myself have worked closely with the workers and their labor unions to draft this legislation. and thank supervisors jane kim and norman yee for their steadfast support of this legislation and early recognition of the atenable situation of the low wage workers. our agreement on the proposed amendments to the minimum compensation ordinance is a collective recognition of the critical situation these workers face. working for $15 an hour, they are on the edge of homelessness themselves while they care for our seniors, homeless youth and families in the community. in addition, nonprofits are having a very difficult time attracting and retaining people to these jobs. seeing large fast turnovers as

well as vacancies. come probl our amendments, raise wages of ihss workers $3.75 an hour over four years, and non-profit $1.15 an hour will by no means give them a livable wage. even at 18.75 an hour, only making $39,000 annually. about but i am humbled and grateful to offer some relief to the workers. thank the labor council for being champions and holding the elected officials accountable. many thanks to mayor breed and her team for working diligently and closely with supervisor ronen and myself.

personally want to thank and recognize the work of my legislative aides, chelsea and beth, and carolyn, of the district 9 office for their dedication with them and tensity to get this agreement completed. thank you hillary ronen for being a great partner in this process. >> supervisor ronen: i just wanted to start out by saying i could not be happier this was a long-term fight and there's 20,000 plus workers who have been incredibly patient waiting for a bump in their salaries that is not enough, about you will help make ends meet in this incredibly expensive city. i wanted to start out by giving a special thanks to the mayor, mayor breed and her team, kinhska, andrea and kelly, for

engaging and really heartfelt and serious negotiations. it was a pleasure working with you all, and i think it's helpful to build that trust with one another as we are moving forward. so, i really think that took us a long way, and i'm very appreciative of it. so, thank you very much for your commitment. and i wanted to also just give a thanks to the negotiating team and call them out by name. workers to know their unions are fighting for them. i wanted to thank nelson dela cruz, david, santiago. and david cannumb and joseph bryant, and very, very special thanks to the president of the labor council, rudy gonzales, for having been there since day one, fighting tooth and nail for what's right and for all workers

in the city. it was an honest pleasure working with all of you. and then finally to sandra lee fewer, a pleasure to work with you always, not because, not only because of your righteous moral clarity where you are here in this building and why you have decided to accept this job and accept being elected to the board of supervisors, to fight for your constituents and the people and the issues that you believe in. but for always doing it with so much humor and fun, it's so -- it's such a pleasure working with you all the time. so, thank you supervisor fewer, and then also to beth reubenstein and carolyn gusen who have held this together from day one, and working nonstop to make this happen, thank you so much. we rely so much on these work forces to make up the social safety net of this city and during this time not only of

unbelievable wealth and inequality in the city, but a worsening crisis nationally under this presidency. this is something to go home and celebrate tonight because at least here in san francisco we are moving in the right direction and that's something to be proud of, that's something to celebrate, and that's something to spread to others and cities and counties that need to make sure that their lowest wage workers are able to survive. so, thanks so much. hope colleagues you'll join supervisor fewer, yee, kim, myself and the mayor, and vote in favor of these amendments today. >> president cohen: thank for your remarks. supervisor brown. >> supervisor brown: yes, thank you. i want to commend the labor leaders and that's with both capital ls, the mayor and the sponsors of this as supervisor ronen, fewer, kim and yee, for, and especially with supervisor

ronen and supervisor fewer for taking the past week to negotiate. i know it wasn't easy. and i hope we can all stand behind today. i can't think of any more deserving work force than our in-home support workers. i want to thank everyone for this. thank you. >> supervisor yee: i just want to thank the main authors of this legislation. it's something that, and that would be supervisor fewer and ronen, and also thank the mayor for her sincerity in the negotiation. as you know for most of us that were here last year, this discussion started, and there was some concerns about it and when the first word that i received, i have to thank gordon

mar and his group that came into the office to sit down with me and say this is, these are the issues we need to, you know, like deal with this issue. and of course, many of us really wanted to support it but could not figure out at the time, maybe we should wait a little bit to figure out where the finances are coming from. and at this, you know, it's one of these things we have to finance this, and the good news is that once the city wins that lawsuit against howard jarvis, that, by the way, this could be another 25 million every year, that's available for, to support this effort and we knew that. and supervisor kim, didn't want to mention it earlier, always, when it's in lawsuit, you never know what's going to happen. but i feel confident that it would be available and that

indeed we'll have funding to cover this. one way or another. so, thank you, i want to thank all the labor leaders and all their people that work in the unions, persistence in coming to my office and your offices and saying you have to support this, you have to support this, and i'm glad we are there. thank you very much. >> supervisor kim: i want to first and foremost thank the workers of s.a.u. 2015 and s.c.i.u. 1021, fighting to raise the wages of our lowest paid workers here in the city and county of san francisco. i was proud to work with many of you in 2014 when we initially negotiated the increase to $15 an hour, and unlike the previous minimum wage ordinance learned from our mistakes, we made sure

that we included i.h.s. workers in the new minimum wage ordinance that we unanimously passed in 2014 and put on the ballot, and passed by an overwhelming majority of voters. being able to include the workers is an important priority that 2015 and the labor council has always well educated me on, you do some of the most difficult but also most important work, taking care of our most vulnerable residents, all of us will be there one day. and as we talk about the future of work, now this new kind of hit term of art, it is true that we are going to be losing many of our well paid middle class jobs in the country. the jobs most difficult to automate away are our in-home health workers. it's our child care workers,

teachers, ones delivering direct services human-to-human and we have to make these middle class jobs because we are going to become really will be a country of the rich and the poor. a direction that we have been heading in the last 30 years, and will continue to head in if we do not figure out how to address this issue, we have to figure out how to pay our folks that are doing this work, but also the jobs that we are not going to be able to automate away and make them the new middle class jobs in the country. so, thank supervisor sheehy who introduced the ordinance in 2016, and bobby lopez for ensuring that i could sponsor this. i was really proud to be the supervisor to put it on the city-wide list this past june and our budget cycle. and -- >> supposed to be anonymous. but since you outed yourself. >> and proud to work on

proposition c, to ensure we set aside percentage of the new funding to go to the general fund to help pay to increase the wages of the lowest paid workers and also increase the wages of our childcare workers as well. i want to especially thank supervisor fewer and ronen for actually taking this across the finish line. there was a lot of herding of cats and i also know a lot of transition and changes of leadership across the board so thank you so much for the negotiation and to members of this board for sticking strongly with supervisor fewer and ronen to make sure that we could really be able to pass this just action here today. thank you to mayor breed for making this happen. i'm just happy we are not going to be here until 1:00 in the morning as supervisor ronen promised that we would last tuesday, so, happy 10th anniversary to you, supervisor ronen, and to your husband. i'm sure he appreciates this negotiation is done here today. but again, thank you to the

workers. you are the ones that have been waiting for two years, so thank you for doing the work, for your patience, for persevering and not giving up. congratulations to everyone. >> supervisor safai: i would like to see my name, sorry. just kidding. i just want to add my name to the chorus, thank you thank you thank you to all the workers in this room. i know so many of you in particular had the opportunity two years ago, this was a shared sacrifice. i know you all stood in solidarity with one another and decided not one of you would step in front of the other. i know the first step was getting the airport workers, taking care of supervisor cohen, you led on that. thank you to supervisor fewer and ronen and kim and yee. thank you for your leadership over the last week. more importantly, thank you for the workers for doing the work you do, and deciding collectively to put your lives on hold, increases on hold in

this time of tremendous prosperity. the work that you do is going to save millions in the long run for the city of san francisco. without in home health care workers, we are talking about nursing homes, we are talking about other much more expensive options that we don't have the ability to do today. so, this is such important work that you are doing. thank you to each and every one of you for your patience and thank you for all the leadership from the mayor and the board and everyone involved in bringing the solution forward and putsing in the long hours to get a good compromise that we can all stand by today. thank you. >> president cohen: thank you colleagues for those wonderful thank yous that went all the way around to everyone. historical context, this has been a challenging issue that we have dealt with. first of all, recognize that supervisor, excuse me, that mayor lee was the original mayor that was around when the legislation was introduced and had some apprehensions on it.

mayor farrell refused to deal with it, but mayor breed stepped up to the table to try to solve and close the gap and then was demotted and then now she's back, and so it's almost like a romantic saga. i want to talk about the household labor. tim paulson, in the middle of his own transition, leading the conversation and he transitioned from the labor council to the building trades, and then you rudy gonzales, stepped up, not confirmed but stepping in the role. a really interesting exercise in leadership and diplomacy. a lot of thank yous that need to go around, and you know what else, one lost his mother in the middle of the transition, thank you for being so resilient and strong and able to continue to press on. rudy's little boy got sick --

incredible, you don't know behind the scenes what has transpired, it's been a very, very heavy lift. and although we are going, doing a lot of thank yous around, acknowledge the non-profit workers and also the executive leadership. because there is -- this has been a very challenging issue to recognize and bring peace and bring everybody all on to the same page. home health care workers, yes. one element of this conversation and they have proven to be victorious. i want to make sure the executive directors of the non-profit officials, that they, too, will be able to live with the decisions and the actions we are going to be taking place here today and grateful for the work that the controllers office has done in order to help us survey and understand exactly where the numbers are. this body continues to mature, you have a lot of young supervisors and moving on and then you have a new supervisor that are going to be taking on in this body. i really hope that we start to be more thoughtful and use data as the tool to help us drive our

policy so we know exactly where the numbers are, so we know how much we are spending and for whom we are spending it for. you know, this is going to be a significant investment of more than 1 million, over $100 million over the next five years. and you know, that may mean that this body may feel a tighter squeeze when it comes to our own board priorities and our processes. but this is the right thing to do, and i'm really proud to be able to support this initiative as we go forward and then i also want to speak as the chair of the budget and finance committee and recognize that it's going to be a challenge to align all the competing priorities, priorities that we all agree are important, homelessness, shelter beds, police staffing, of course a fair worker compensation, these are all of the many competing priorities that this body, as well as the mayor's office, as well as the controllers office, and the budget legislative analyst and the budgeter's office, all grappling with.

trying to make this city more fair. we are trying to make this city equitable, and that everyone will have an opportunity to be prosperous. everyone. i want to also acknowledge again the stakeholders that are here. colleagues, i'm happy this this legislation is moving forward. i would like to, at this point, pivot and give the budget legislative analyst a short presentation before we take public comment on these two items. thank you, mr. rose. please. >> madam president, members of the board. according to the controllers october 15, 2018, memorandum to the board of supervisors, the estimated increased cost is $500,000 in fiscal year 19 -- fiscal year 2019-20. if the minimum compensation for employees of non-profit organizations having contracts with the city is increased by

approximately $0.50 per hour, from 15.50, to $16 per hour. if non-profit organizations increase the wages of higher paid workers, to maintain wage differentials, the estimated costs of non-profit organizations in fiscal year 19-20 is at least 3.5 million. estimated increase costs in non-profit organizations in fiscal year 19-20, increased minimum compensation on july 1, 2019, to 16.50 per hour, as an adjustment of 3.35%, that cost would be 1.3 million. if non-profit organizations increased their wages of higher paid workers, to maintain wage differentials, the estimated cost of the non-profit organizations in 1920 is at least $7 million. the city would have the

discretion on whether to fund the increased cost to the non-profit organizations due to increased minimum compensation, or require the non-profit organizations to absorb the increased costs. we also report that according to the human services agency, the increasing the minimum compensation for i.h.s.s. workers by $2, from $15 to $17 per hour, on january 1, 2019, and with adjustments each july 1st thereafter, would raise the i.h.s.s. maintenance of effort payment the city is required to make by an estimated 12,417,676 in fiscal year 18-19. we consider approval of the proposed legislation to be a policy matter for the board of supervisors and we would be

happy to respond to any questions. >> president cohen: thank you. i have one question, mr. rose. wondering if you had an opportunity to look at the amendments and if you have any analysis. >> our report was -- was issued yesterday on the latest legislation that we have seen, madam president. >> president cohen: ok, thank you. appreciate that. so, i'll take that as a no, the policy matter for this body, ok. great. either one of the authors of the amendments would like to read into the record or walk us through the amendments? supervisor ronen, supervisor fewer, would you like, one of you like to share about the amendments? >> i could do that now or would you like to take public comment first. >> president cohen: i would like to hear what the amendments are, because public comment might be interested in commenting on those amendments. >> no problem. after the last agreement reached with mayor -- after our agreement reached with mayor

breed and the san francisco labor council, like to introduce the following amendments to the m.c.o. ordinance. wage, raise wages for workers of non-profit contractors of the city to 16.50 an hour on july 1, 2019. increase base on the consumer price index applied beginning july 1, 2020. raise wages for workers of i.h.s.s. in a phase-in as follows. $1 an hour february 1, 2019. give immediate relief. $0.50 raise july 1, 2019. $1 raise july 1, 2020. $0.50 july 1, 2021. $0.70 2022, and increased on the consumer price index applied beginning july 1, 2023. bring i.h.s.s. workers to hourly

wage of $18.75, on july 1, 2022. in addition, we heard from our colleagues on the board that there was a concern that during the recession that the city needed flexibility in addressing c.p.i. and wage increases. so, we are adding language that addresses that. the increase in hourly growth compensation and consumer price index increases specify in subsections a, b, c, d, increases under the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the charter and certfies that such funds are sufficient to pay for the increased hourly gross compensation. if the controller certifies the appropriated funds are sufficient to support a proportion of the increased hourly growth compensation rate and the consumer price index increase, then the rate shall increase by that proportion

only. i would also like to thank the controller for helping us, of course, with these numbers, and agreeing to convene the non-profit working group. and everyone has a copy of the amendments. >> president cohen: thank you very much. all right. seeing there is no further discussion on the amendments, why don't we go to public comment. items 31 and 32, please come up. reminder, two minutes. soft chime indicating 30 seconds remaining on the balance of your time. welcome, sir. >> thank you. charles minster, a member of senior disability action, retired trade union, residents of district 1. i certainly stand in support of these two items. if i were a union rep in this town, i would be asking for a minimum of $30 an hour to survive. we notice it's a pittance.

and over 30 years, the government is forced to take care of the most vulnerable people in the population, all and the country. corporations, they want to keep taxes low, they'll spend millions to keep taxes low and therefore, no money going into the coffers of the city like there should be to take care of the problems. [please stand by]

hello, my name is henney kelly, and i usually come and beg you to do things. what i'm going to do today is thank you for doing things and i'm real happy to do that. i am the legislative chair for the california alliance for tired americans and caucus chair for the disabilities caucus of the democratic party. i am also an officer of labor

council and everywhere that i look, what you are doing today is so important and so correct and such a good start. i know that people need workers to stay in their community. disabled, aged, we need these workers. they do an amazing amount of work. and they don't just help us dress ourselves, bathe, but they talk to us. they make us feel less isolated. and what you are doing by raising the wages is

i would like to start with the corporal works of mercy, jesus on the mount and endorsed by the catholic and methodist church and most religions or some part of them. they are a job description for care givers. feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, clothe the naked, give shelter to travelers,

visit the sick, visit the imprisoned, bury the dead. care givers do all of these. mostly the first three. and feeding the hungry does not, in san francisco any more mean just preparing the food that is there or that you get from the supermarket for them. it means when it is close to having their check time and they are out of food, they give them food. a lot of caregivers give to help the people they care for a float because they are often on social security or disability, which the cost of living is not covering their increased expenses for medicare and their healthcare. that is the world we live in. also, i would like to have a quote from pope francis. trade unions have been an essential force for social progress without which a semblance of a decent and humane society isn't possible

under capitalism. remember he said a semblance of a decent and humane society. what you are faced with is trying to do the right thing under a system that is stacked against having a decent and humane society and we are just playing catch up to keep the people who are the most vulnerable. the care givers and people they care for from suffering any more than they are. thank you for what you are doing. you all realize that's how it is. >> president m. cohen: thank you. next speaker, please. >> hello, i'm john lydell. proud to be here. i think we need a truly global mayor's conference to let everyone come and testify how problems get solved. one thing i've also been fighting for is daycare centers

and this is kind of an exception to the minimum wage law in that i think we should staff them with elders who get paid with hugs and kisss. i think that's something else san francisco can innovate. whether main staffers are elders who love the kids and spend time with them and give them good attention. i think it's a national way to get the elders and younger folks together. kind of innovative solutions the city is known for and i am glad to see you are carrying on the tradition. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, board of supervisors, my name is joseph bryant, regional vice president for s.e.i.u. 10-1. wow, this has been a long time coming. it feels as if we have been running a marathon for the last couple of years in regards to try to figure this out. and then the last couple days it's really felt like a sprint to get things done.

but we represent many of the non-profit workers that will serve to benefit from this ordinance. and you know, i did have to write notes just to acknowledge all the people that we are absolutely grateful for in taking a leadership role in making this concept, this, you know, hopeful idea become a reality. additionally, this was a true show of solidarity. we use the word solidarity a lot but this was a solidarity shown between the elected leaders here in san francisco between labor, between communities, you could see all the folks who are here in support of this. and we thank you so much for standing with the workers. prioritizing workers. and giving workers a chance. giving workers hope. this is not an easy city to live in.

as we all know it's very difficult. i need to jump to the thank you's because i'm running out of time. thank you to our champions that helped us in this sprint in making this actually happen. supervisor fewer, you are a champion. we appreciate everything that you've done and continue to do. supervisor ronen, you are amazing, thank you for getting us here to this point. i also want to thank our co-sponsors and supervisor kim for helping get to this point where we could get it over the last couple hurdles. supervisor yee, mayor breed, thank you so much. and the mayor's staff. andrea, they have all -- [buzzer] >> president m. cohen: thank you. next speaker? >> good afternoon, my name is javier, for community partnership in the tenderloin and member of s.e.i.u. 10 21.

our organization c.h.p. works with formerly homeless individuals and provides them with housing. but i also worked alongside hundreds of non-profit employees and workers that today, their work has been validated and the dignity of their labor has been given a big push so i want to thank the board and remind everyone here who is involved in a constant labor struggle to have a decent wage for workers who work their tail off that this is a milestone and we will continue to keep fighting and i want to thank everyone here. >> good afternoon, board. my name is fernand dela cruz, s.e.i.u. on behalf of the care workers

and 20,000 home care providers in san francisco, we want to appreciate your leadership and the message that san francisco sends today, that we continue to be a beacon of hope for all long-term care providers. today you make a decision to taking an enormous step to ensuring caregivers in san francisco are able to live with dignity and respect. and we know the quality of care providers can give is directly linked to the ability for them to care for themselves and their families. i want to thank our sponsors, supervisor kim, yee, and the incredible tenacity and leadership of supervisors fewer and ronen and this wasn't be possible if not for our mayor, mayor breed, in the last several weeks leading up to this. again, this is an enormous message to send, not just here in california or san francisco but across the country. this is work to be valued and respected and we appreciate your all's leadership on this

historic day. [ applause ] >> hi, my name is -- i'm with senior and disability action. i'm here, oh wow. you know, when i was sitting, i was thinking what way can i talk that i will be aggressive enough and not insulting anybody [ chuckles ] and this is different, this is to say thank you. i'm really glad i get to say thank you because usually i'm here to say kind of like shame on you, you need to do better. so thank you for doing this. particularly, to supervisor fewer and ronen for their role in this. and all of you for the workers because the workers should come first because guess what? if we don't have these workers, we don't get to have our

seniors and our special children and our disabled participate in our community. and we do appreciate that, right? so thank you very much. >> hello, supervisors, my name is joanna lawrence shank, pastor at first mennonite church of san francisco and i live in the mission district and i'm also a member of faith in action bay area. thank you for your support of the proposed amendments to raise the wages of i.h.s.s. workers and non-profit workers. i offer my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, hillary ronen, to supervisor fewer and mayor breed for championing this effort. in a city with as much wealth, vision and creativity as san francisco, this increase in wages is the least we can do to care for our elders, the

disabled people and those who support them. dr. king has some thoughts on this in his prophetic "beyond vietnam" speech, dismissive attitudes for vulnerable people is possible when machines and computers profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people. he called for a revolution of values to save the soul of our country. and he was assassinated one year to the day after he offered that speech. so passing these amendments is an imperative. it's not revolutionary. but it does indicate that san francisco leaders haven't lost touch with their souls. thank you. >> denise with the living wage coalition. the amendments to the ordinance are important to me because as a non-profit worker, i used to be a cal works program

participant where i work providing valuable services to our community. i am a single mother of three children. and being paid just $15 an hour is not enough to survive in san francisco. i support increasing the wage rate and the living wage law to $2 above the minimum wage. and i wouldn't settle for anything less. we need more money to stay here instead of feeling we have been forced out of san francisco, which i've been my whole life. i would like the mayor and the supervisors to realize that the minimum wage is not enough to raise our children. i have been working on these issues for the past ten years. and like i said, i will not stop until change is made and we get what we deserve. we need to give a better future to our children and show them that working hard makes them feel good and they are fairly compensated.

i think that is the right thing to do, and i will stand for something and i will not fall for anything. >> good afternoon, supervisors, my name is patty and i work as a non-profit as a desk clerk and i also live here in san francisco, i've been working for this organization for over five years and i've seen so many turnovers due to low-wages, difficult tenants and work conditions, the wages are so low that people have to have two jobs, when you are working two jobs to make ends meet it affects your health because you don't have time for yourself and family. [ please stand by... ]

hour per week job, many of the

working poor are working one sometimes two additional jobs and still are unable to make end s meet. we had a worker with us today. daniels works at community housing partnership $15 per hour holding down two other additional jobs. some are receiving the wages the public through employers contract with the city and county of san francisco. these are worker whose care for elderly and disabled, provide food and shelter, mentor youth and provide councilling. they provide value annual services to the community. thousands of the workers are working full-time and yet can still not support their families

poor people are subsidizing poor people. one of the retchest cities in the word it is a matter of political priorities. poverty wages create individual respect and human dignity that is diminished. the financial cost of paying a living wage is small compared to the human cost of failing to act it is a matter of basic fairness and human dignity. >> good afternoon. i am tina with the filipino community center. i want to say thank you to supervisor fewer and mayor breed for paving the way for the state to follow this in valuing the workers. a significant number of clients at the center are workers

experiencing exploitation on the job, abuse, and a number of other things. we help them through making sure we are able to claim wages back when they are stolen. this case with minimum wage the issue, you know, i am glad this really hits home for me because my mother also was a caregiver, and a number of my relatives were also caregivers. i just wanted to continue by say ing that this investment should not be a challenge. it shouldn't have been a challenge before this year. it is an investment in taking care of elders and workers. they are not people who need to just figure out their own way when they aren't able to make ends meet. many times in their work involves physical and emotional

dedication and can be taxing. if it is an investment in their part to invest in the lives of other people it is taxing on their bodies. they do hard work with not nearly enough pay and benefits. the cost of living in san francisco requires low wageworkers to to make sacrifice s to take on two to three jobs at a time in the most expensive city. this increasing a small step to longer fight to treating the workers with dignity and respect thank you, and i hope we can keep this going. >> good afternoon. meshes of the board of supervisors. thank you for doing good work. the city of san francisco is living alive today. i am a senior citizen, and we

can all come together for this common cause to uplift the life of ordinary people, and i know $39,000 raise for people making wages is not enough because to get a one bedroom apartment is $80,000 minimum to qualify. i ask this board to approve this measure, but also make sure that senior citizens, workers if they are below poverty line, they should eliminate it for the benefit of the city of san francisco. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, superintendent supervisors, --

supervisors i want to you thank you for raising the living wage for the airport workers and nonprofit workers. i want to say our hope as unions and workers in raising this with solidarity with affected workers was to inspire our city leaders to find the funding and take action for all of the workers. we are very, very happy to see that that inspiration is finally had fruition today. i especially want to thank supervisors for your leadership on this issue. members at the airport will take the the second step and start trying to win affordable family healthcare from the airlines. we are excited and want to thank you for raising the wages for the nonprofit workers today. >> good afternoon, ladies and

gentlemen. i represent the security officer s and sciu. on behalf of all of my co-worker s, i wanted to get your attention about these wages, the cost of living in the city is getting really high. i remember in 1989 in security i used to make $5 an hour. the difference between that time and this time is huge. we need to take care of these because the community needs your help, and that is why i am here here to support the workers to help them to continue their duties as workers and as family members. thank you. >> to all -- please speak in the

mic. to all supervisors, good afternoon. my name is chi. i am a home care worker in san francisco. i have been in the profession for the past 13 years now. the prices in san francisco are too high. i am working two jobs and still can't make ends meet. in the past two years we have been working very hard to fight

for a living wage for our fellow workers. i have to say thank you to the mayor and to other supervisors like lee and kim. and roonan and hillary. and to our mco coalition. and, of course, to our union, the local 2015. without their joint effort, it won't come to fruition what we

are going to expect to see today hopefully, all supervisors will pass this amendment. thank you very much. [applause.] >> good afternoon. the progressive workers aligning we are a coalition of workers centers from san francisco. i want to say thank you and applaud the work you have done or you will do once we are dub with public comment to get this through. i want to thank mayor breed and our brothers and sisters in labor. our organization in pwa. we work with ihss caregivers, home care workers. because of what has hatched in san francisco we have lost a lot of members due to out pricing.

we have lost many people to be forced out to live live in hayward, tracey. daily city. because of the housing costs, and this increase in wages will definitely help our members and our constituents. we applaud you for that, you know, on another note this is one set step in creating a live annual wage in san francisco. the role of government especially a government with this size of budget is to serve the working people in the city. this is a good example how to get it done. we applaud you four that. let's continue the work. there is a lot more to do. thank you. [applause.] >> before i start the next speaker's time i would like to remind members of the the

audience audit support -- [ inaudible ] audible support is not permit ted. [ inaudible ] >> good afternoon, soup supervisors, i am a home care worker for almost 30 years in san francisco. i am a member for sciu local 2015. since the beginning for many years we have been working together with a living wage coalition in san francisco.

for us, it is very important to have a decent salary because the work we do is very important in our society. we care for the most needy in the city of san francisco. we take care of the people with disabilities and the elderly who want to live with dignity and independence in their homes.

the mco give us the possibility of investing in our community, conforming san francisco economy it gives ability to the workers and also the possibility of keep ing our families living in san francisco. thank you. [applause] >> hello, i am an english teacher at city college of san francisco. i am a leader in aft2121, our faculty union and vice of the of the san francisco labor council. it gives me great you pleasure to stand in support of the coalition that helped to make this