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 help and fought so hard for it. it gives me real certainty to stand here in solidarity with my

students who will be affected and whose lives will be improved , many of our city college students. as the daughter of a parent who needs care and the workers giving her that care, i am pleased to stand here in solidarity with this moment. supervisors, there are so many things that need to be done in this city, but i hope that when you wake up tomorrow morning you will keep in mind that this is why we do this work. thank you. >> you are on the right track going the wrong way and fall short of taking care of the people speaking before you. a lot of them are scared and frightened. the urine is scared. i am not scare -- the union the scared. you are paying them $20,000 each year. ever apartment unit on housing you set the requirement to be

the tenant at 55% of api which comes to like $44,500 per year the amount of money they make barely 22, $23,000 each year and still can't afford to live comfortably in san francisco without roommates or living without sight of the city and county. you have a poop squad going and with a broom and dustpan sweep ing up ships off the sidewalk and you pay them 1 $84,000 per year that is a insult on the people here think ing they are getting a good deal. that is not good. pay them an amount of money to live in san francisco, pay them the same amount of money you pay the god damn pooch squad. you are getting better representation from me and i am

not paying god damn union dues. it is disgusting. you know god damn well you are not paying them enough money. you ain't doing nothing but giving them kibe els and bits with no benefits. it is disgusting. the god damn poop squad makes more than a medical you student working as a nurse-practitioner at france h -- homeless school teacher teaching the students in school. people thinking they are getting a good deal. you ought to be ashamed of your god damn self. >> i am from 10 to 1. i want to thank the supervisors

for taking the lead on this issue and actually making it year whose side they were on, the side of the workers. we want to thank supervisor yee and kim and thank the mayor and staff for negotiating this. we want to thank the solidarity shown by the labor partners and local 2, local 2015, labor council and rudy and the community partners, jobs of justice, living wage coalition and thanks to the workers here for several hearings we have had on this issue at least for the last area. by the way, i want to remind us there are going to be a few nonprofit executives to ask you not to pass this legislation. ask them what they make compared to the lowest paid worker.

some makeover $200,000. they will ask you not to support this legislation. they have plans for you to do nothing. nothing is not an option. we urge you to please vote yes, for the amendments. we support the amendments and the role played by the staff of fewer ander reason -- ronan's office. thank you. >> i want to speak for myself. you know, when you look at and listen to these stories of people trying to take care of il ders, disabled, -- elders, disabled, poor, it really breaks your heart, and payment you look at what is necessary to pass, you know, a $2 wage increase,

you know, in the city where it is filthy with wealth. it is really kind of mind-boggling. it really makes you look forward to the time when we can get rid of this profit system and have workers control society. >> hi. i am kimberly, and i don't know what to say that hasn't been said or what you don't already know. this is my son. i wrote something down fast. i have two jobs. in haim care and work -- in home care and community health and partnership. i just warrant to say i don't want to be on welfare for the rest of my life. i work full and part-time. i qualify for welfare because they know i don't make enough.

it is embarrassing. i want to be like an independent woman and make my baby proud to have a uniform on when she goes to work and take care of people and help society. it is embarrassing i have to carry the food stamp card to the market. it does nothing for my self-esteem. i appreciate the government for assisting people that don't have enough money. i want to transition off welfare , and i am not ability to no matter how much i make. i still get the food stamp card. there is no pride to walk into the market with my nursing scrub s on -- i do in home care so i do wear scrubs. it is it is no pride in walking out pull out my food stamp card because i can't afford to buy my baby food.

that is because -- am i done? at $15 per hour i can't afford to buy my son food. it is heartbreaking. i want to be like that independent woman. i am a single mom. it is hard at $15 per thousand dollars, you know. it is not quite fair to go cook a balanced organic tasty meal in their home, yet when i come home , you know. [applause] >> thank you for your comments. [applause] >> good afternoon, supervisors. although i have several

organizations that i am affiliated with. what matters is i am here with solidarity with ihs and nonprofit workers. both groups keep this city functioning, healthy, and running. i would be remiss not to ask you four your commitment and support to pass the mco with the amendments that have in fact been worked on and put forward. all i want to say is, let's pause and contemplate that for those that only care about profit and don't have any qualms about exploiting workers, well, they don't have a maximum, they don't have have a cap on what their profits they will be and what prophet fits they will -- profits they will seek.

it takes such a struggle to get a raise for a basic minimum for low wageworkers that do suchness work. if we really care, this is a quote i came across a couple days ago. if we care it is not about me, it is about we. we collectively can raise the minimum compensation ordinancena san francisco -- in san francisco. >> good afternoon. i am here to represent and give solidarity to those -- solidarity to those that want living wages. people have to work two or three jobs. that takes away time they need to spend with families. if we want san francisco to function and grow we need to think about those that have not, not just those that have. thank you. i am in support of living wages.

>> my name is ann jane. i am a member of church women united, a coalition of women's faith groups. we send our newsletter to over 100 churches in in this city whose denominations support us. i am joining with many who thank you for passing what you have passed. i also am joining with many who are remarking that in our society of very unequal means of living that there is much more to do and that what -- the people here will keep working for a greater increase in the wages of these folks, the home

healthcare workers and nonprofit workers, but thank you for this much so far so good. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i amroma guy. i want to congratulate you for having a breakthrough in the modern labor and government resource development and pathway in the city and county of san francisco. yes, we have great wealth, but this struggle is new as of today i support the amendments because the path is new. i have been in nonprofits on the governing side, service side, but i really want to emphasize the importance of bringing in ih ss today. they are the modern -- i was going to say women's movement which is true -- labor movement.

i really applaud you you as people who have chosen to attempt to to govern us and we who come to elect you. i want to add one more think about the ihss workers that many of you know about but wasn't named today. i was out there. my experience and i have had experience with ihss workers with individuals i have support ed over the years. of course, all poor. one of the important partings of i hss work is that it reduces acute care and higher level care in our hospitals and in our acute centers which reducing the harm for those having this experience, but also reduces the

cost of what budgets come to you every year. i don't know if you have calculated that. it would be nice to do it. secondly, i think ihss workers provide essential consume -- companionship. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i am truly moved by all of your mobilizing.

i am here on behalf of the women 's collective. they are here standing behind me we look after people, we clean houses, we look for children, and we are here to support all of these amendments. we are here following the light at the end of the tunnel, fighting for struggle to make sure that this industry is paved with honor as it -- honor as it should be.

so we are here to support you in your mission and these amendment s that are very favorable to all of us workers in this industry. thank you very much. >> good afternoon, president and supervisors. i want to urge that the entire board be unanimous on this. i want to suggest that with the minimum wage we were due to get out of the $3.75 about $2 in cost price increases so, you know, that is for the cost going up. we are in squinting range. i want to thank you for putting

it together and sticking to it. 18 months of saying no, of hear ing that, saying no money, we don't don't have enough money can't do it and other people giving excuses has been hard. i think of friends that lift the city that -- left the city that worked in home care that gave up this shows san francisco has the spirit of the city that knows how. i want to thank the supervisors that led for so long on supporting us. fewer and ronen and yee and kim. everyone agreeing to this. i humbly want to thank the mayor it is the kind of mayor that we hope that you will be, and we appreciate you coming step by

step further along. it means a lot to have a yes after 18 months. you know, we are still at it. we will keep working. home care workers are going to have their heads higher knowing that we are appreciated. >> i am allen wong here to stand in solidarity with nonprofit and home care workers after harris versus quinn made home care workers right to work, we saw saw the devastation on the union and workers across the country. i knocked on the doors of the home care workers in san francisco and i met and talked

to many of them. these were people living in tiny inlaw apartments. these were workers that gave up jobs to take care of family members. these are the folks taking care of the most vulnerable people in the city. with the experience that i saw and the people i spoke to that i learned from, you guys are like angels. you are doing incredible work to take care of most vulnerable people. i feel strongly about this. you should be very proud of the work that we did to make this successful. i am so happy that the board of supervisors is doing this. i want to thank the board member s that took the initiative to push this issue to get this to a resolution. thank you all. >>

to the local picket line. when we say we believe women, we actually say we value women's work. we have to say both of those things. the ihss workers are 80% women

of color. this is a gender equity issue, racial justice issue. i thank you supervisors for standing with the workers and women and the people of color during this work and nonprofit workers as well. this is caring work. they are caring for people. this is the women's work that needs respected and fully valued thank you for your leadership. laws. [applause] >> supervisors tim polson secretary treasure of the san francisco building and construction trades council, and the other day when i was in north beach in supervisor peskin 's district, i almost felt like because we had been talking about it for quite a white pla and mco i felt like getting the

six letters printed on my neck. we have been working both the building and trades council and labor council are our priorities for almost two years right now. i want to thank supervisor fewer and row ronan for working with my successor to like jump up and take this over the finish line as a coalition with mayor, it is incredibly important. we have been at this for quite some time. i i i -- i am hoping that for this labor movement we are getting getting a piece of legislation soon i hope these are passed with 11-0 vote today, not 10-1 or 9-2. i hope this is 11-0. we have total unity i want to

thank you for participating we urge this moves across the finish line with the flag up today. thank you. >> iny you -- i think you should support it. i think what we need is to have a freeze right through. those people making $100 million a year we should ask them to come down. if we keep going up that is what the president has in mexico and europe. we can't sell stuff because it is so expensive. everything collapses. i recall when 10 cents an hour was a wage. you are so good. i think good education, good job

, start everything a business are real growth. we have growth next week is going to be over and we can't expect him to get raises. it is a big picture. we need to look at the whole thing. talk to make the millions, bring it down. that is reasonable. as the country's future is at stake. thank you. >> how is it going? i am robert with scia10 two one. i am sharing on behalf of two long time janitors at tenderloin housing clinic. people with family. people who are going to be affected by by the compaction

that is caused by this mco raise and something that i think you guys should consider how are the people who have been at this agency for so long been instrumental to people's recovery from living in un sheltered situations, how are they impacted? the first comment is from veronica who recently had her fourth child. she is a janitor. my job exposes me to dirty and sometimes dangerous situations. janitors do a lot. we don't get paid for it. after work i am going home to four kids. i don't have time for a second job. minimum wage is not enough to pay rent, bills and child care. people like veronica are not making much more than the mco raise by the fact they worked

there for five, 10, 15 years. i also have comment from john. my story is almost like everyone else. i live and work in the city of san francisco. i have two jobs with the rising of rent, food, car, gas, monthly park parking working paycheck to paycheck 17 hours a day. it is not enough but a start. i have to do a lot of over time for the high prices of co-pay for going to the dentist. one job should be enough. that is it. thank you very much. >> exactly 30 years ago i was in rammed k -- in the medical center being rehabilitated.

i learned quickly about the kindness of strangers. in home support of service. help is quite a bitsying a real live person if you are young or old. we are trying to keep the thread s of our society, fabric together. where is the future? are there going to be homes for section 8 and/or for the workers providing for us? in home supportive services people. they need to be in all of our housing. this is an example what is happening here of bringing our government home to our needs, to our people, to our communities, helping our neighborhoods stay healthy. thank you.

>> good afternoon, supervisors, i am marry mary mcgee. i am a happy constituent of district 9. i thank the people that work so hard on this. i trust all of you will vote for it. one has to say, i think it is a little troubling to think how hard this was, how long this took. how much effort it took. i liked what guy said about the beginning. $17 isn't enough to live in san francisco. i kindly have worked in the tenderloin for 4.5 years. i am currently working at the clinic for low income seniors associated with the wonderful nonprofit curry senior senator.

i work alongside nonprofit worker whose are paid less and work just as hard. we as society need to pause and honor you heroes and ihss workers. they are heroes. i can't tell you will the conditions these patientsra living. the patient may be incontinent. the resident may have had surgery, the elevator, can we talk about the elevators breaking down constantly? ihss people get them food and help them cleanup. some of the seniors in their 70 s are ihss working six or seven days an week. thank you for your yes vote. >> good afternoon, i am the

president of local 86 represent ing janitors and secretary treasure for the san francisco labor council. i stand with the workers from the 2015 from from the sister local and nonprofit locals from 1021. i want to ask you today to make sure that this piece of legislation not just setting the standard on national level but all of the families you carry on your shoulders for all of the districts representing san francisco, this is a huge jump to what the standard is going to be set for, and i want to tell you the best way to comment a worker is to show them on what they have on their paycheck. the best comments to give a worker. it shows that you understand on our shoulders are the families we are trying to put food on the

table for, the roof we are try goes to provide. in home support service work is not easy. it is very painstaking hard job. when those elderly seniors are left behind have no family, this is the family that becomes their s. they are the ones that show dignity to the elderly people who have taken care of the city. i want to ask every every one of our supervisors to please stand up. please stand. on everyone of your shoulders you can it is if you don't want to. i thank you. when you take this vote it took a collaboration between the mayor and that board of supervisors with this leadership this. is what delivers and the san francisco families wanted. they want to make sure on your

shoulders i carry all of these. [applause.] >> i am debbie speaking for the san francisco human services network and the nonprofits that expressed concerns about this legislation. we all agree nonprofit workers need andy serve higher wages. we have been saying this for 20 years. the discussion is not about whether but how we do that while guaranteeing the sustainability of our organizations and services our clients rely on as we have detailed in our letters, we have concerned about the funding and unintended consequences of the legislation which ask an unstanded mandate for the nonihss nonprofits with a potential cost of $20 million.

everybody declared victory. this is not a win until it is funded. we must ask the board and mayor four commitment today for full funding of the true cost associated with this legislation this needs to be a shared city priority. when you talk about this next year this needs to be number one and not part of the ad-back process. we need the same protections any other ihss does. we appreciate the creation of a working group the proposed make upto discuss the complex policy issues involved lacks expertise around experience of how to run nonprofit organization. we ask you a the language to eliminate specific numbers. simply let the controller cobs

-- constitute the number of the policy conversation to address the impacts. i ask everybody to commit to the fight for $20 million to pay for this. thank you. >> next speaker. hello, esteemed board. christopher christian son with the ilwu local 10 and ilwu northern california legislative committee and delegate on the labor council. i am here to support the mco and support the as. local 10 stand this is solidarity with 10 to one and 2015. low wage nonprofit and in home healthcare workers are critical to serving our most vulnerable populations.

these people need a living wage. as the mco did not greatly affect my union, again i stand in solidarity and i lwu stands with every union this affects. anier to one is an injury to all we stand arm in arm with these workers. please vote to support this amendment. >> next speaker. >> madam president, honorable meshes of the board, controllers office and staff on the televisions. chelsey has worked on this. really i caroline and kitty and beth and jay and leadership to the mayor's office. i will say thank you after the vote. before the vote i want to draw out on the working group composition there will be executive director nonprofit leadership. we are still committed to engag

ing in a conversation. that doesn't happen in a closed room and doesn't get back to us on the worker workers that rely on. someone just called me what did they tell me about this issue? nonprofit executive directors cannot be separate from the work and labor that affectses people we are to serve. the fact it including workers from nose nonprofits i see can think of no one better to speak on the issues how the contracts will affect them. they are the ones affected by the wage compaction. we know that is true and we are admitted to that -- commit -- committed to that. for for your leadership and your vote today i am appreciative. i will thank you after the wet vote.

i want to say something about collaboration. it is important to what we are trying to do. a budget was once told to me it is a statement of your value, a statement of your priorities. you would make these low wageworkers and the work they do nonprofit and ihss your priority says something about you as a body, as a individual and as a city. please vote to support these amendments. >> thank you. any other members of the public to comment? seeing none. public comment is closed. all right. colleagues. do the sponsors are you interested in a motion supervisor fewer. >> a motion to accept the

amendments. >> seconded by supervisor ronen without objection. amendments accepted. thank you. another motion. >> i would like to make a motion to approve item 32 and give it a yes on item 32. >> can we file item 31 as heard? >> yes. >> motion made to file 31, to approve 32 by supervisor fewer and seconded by ronen. without objection as amended it passes, madam clerk. [applause.]

>> we still have you work to you do. we are not done. thank you. madam clerk, what is next. >> without reference calendar. >> please call the item. >> items 38 for 41 without reference to committee. any supervisor may require a matter to go to committee. >> you anything you would like

to sever? all right. madam clerk, let's call the roll clerk clerk roll -- roll roll call. call. >> mr. are . >> there are 11:00 a.m. yes. >> without objection the items are adopted unanimously. what is next. >> 412 imperative agenda. -- 42 imperative agenda. >> that brings us to the end. any further business?

>> today's meeting will be adjourned in memory of the following individual for the late alice. >> i want to thank our friends at sfgov. with no further business before the body, we are adjourned. thank you.

[gavel]ou. there you go. >> good evening. welcome to the october 24, 2018 meeting of the san francisco board of appeals. vice president swig will be the presiding officer joined by commissioner ann lazarus and commissioner darryl honda. president frank fung is absent. to my left is the deputy city attorney who will provide the board legal advice. at the controls is the legal assistant and i'm julie rosenberg, the board's executive director. we will be joined by representatives from the city departments that have cases before the board this evening. chris buck, urban forester, san

francisco