one is that was introduced by assembly man tom amiano to give san francisco a choice in how it does its energy cca programs. unfortunately that bill died in the local government committee. they had some concerns about t the forces on the other side that didn't want to see it said it violated the city charter but we said it didn't but the bill did not move forward. the other bill we're monitoring is the brad ford bill 2145 which would change cca programs -- it and the bill would get through the committee. it's now sitting at appropriations committee where it will get a hearing next week. should it go from there to the assembly floor and pass that to the senate side so we're monitoring that. i believe ms. miller on behalf of chair avalos and sent that and i will keep you up-to-date as the legislature moves forward on the process and on the final one i will talk about here on the list is the -- as the three of you know since you're on budget committee and approved by the board unanimously this tuesday was they're looking at how do we potentially join marin as an option to our program. one

. >> and the next speaker, is cecilia, from tam amiano's office. >> thank you for convening this hearing, the assembly member has been active on working on this issue since the hafrng recycling center and remains in finding a solution, and it is near the eviction that is happening in our community, and that is pretty clear, and our elder and people with disability and single moms, and the homeless and poor families rely on the recycling to supplement the income and many of which are fixed and barely covering the costs of living in san francisco. and we support the recycling as a necessary service to keep san francisco on the cutting edge of being sustain able. and we should be expanding recycling and recycling opportunities, rather than evicting and eliminate and consolidating as many of you in this room agree. and the safeway eviction on market street san francisco community recyclers, will push out more homeless and poor people from san francisco neighborhoods and relegate them to the industrial areas, and force them out of the city envierly, san francisco now has 15 recycling centers

have, and actually have occurred, within the mayor's office when mayor nusome, pulled supervisor amiano at the time, and other leaders together to talk about what this legislation, would look like. and it was determined, that there would be two tiers not three tiers. in fact, what has occurred, as a result of this loophole is that there has been the creation of a third trao*er, a third tier, which is exempt, and there are no exempts. and there were none at the time, and that third tier of employers who have been able to get away with taking back the money, under false pretences for many of the employers who have actually restaurant employers who actually put a amount on the check that should be deducted for healthcare that often goes back into the pocket of those employers. and so, that is fraud. and i remember at the time that there was a clear understanding that this was just a start. and nobody even imagined at the time that it would not cover everybody. in the meantime, hundreds of millions, hundreds of millions of dollars, that should have gone to healthcare of poor and working fam