my name is maria perez. i am home care provider in san francisco. one of the executive board members of sciuuhw. i am here today to ask you to protest against the increase of our health insurance premiums. i know to you it may seem like a small portion, but to us, it is a big impact in our financial situation. as our members have mentioned, we have not had an increase, we have no sick days or days off. we provide a service to our seniors and disabled persons with gladness and pride. we also have a country rich in the 3.6% from our pay. we estimated that was $2 million we saved the city. also, the impact it would have on the city because we are already low income. a lot of our members would have to go into the universal health care providers here. san francisco will probably need to be paid more money. i also want to present to you, supervisors, we have got out to the community. there are over 2000 petitions here signed by the residents of san francisco. we took the time to talk to them individually and told them about our problem. they are also supp