albert johnson tonight is a perfect example of the people that stop the harassment, the bullying, the extortion, the threats. shortening their day is a bad bargain for the district. we urge you to restore the time you have taken away from the dedicated security staff. you have the money. you can do this. please reconsider the decision to cut their benefits and their pay. [applause] commissioner mendoza: thank you. >> my name is cathy, and i've worked in the san francisco school district for about eight years now. tonight, i am speaking for the security guards at our school. asking you to restore the m1- hour pay -- one-hour pay, over $400 a month loss in pay. how would you be without $400 in your budget? how would you get by? they are having a hard time. one that i saw and tried to get to come, he was going to another job. one of them was in a car accident recently. i don't see any substitute for him. along with his staff there, it is the children and some of your children that are going to suffer because of what ever -- if something happens, and they find out we did not have enough s