. >> clerk: angela coleman. >> good afternoon, supervisors. my name is angela coleman, and i'm seeking reappointment to seat number two. this will be my third term. i am a native of san francisco, although i reside in oakland now. i am also a survivor of sexual child abuse, domestic violence. i used drugs since i was 14. 30 years on heroin and other drugs. i went to prison in '79 and got out in '81, and resorted back to my old behavior. there was no recovery support while i was in prison. a few -- a few years later, i was arrested and went to county jail, got eight years -- i mean, excuse me. i did a year, but i was looking at 25 to life because i was a third-striker, but by the grace of god, i got a year in county jail and a year in walden house. i was through with that type of lifestyle, and i took every class that was available to me, and i haven't looked back since. i've been clean for 14 years now. i've been working at glide for 13 years, as a case manager for five. i went to city college, and i got my certificate as a drug and alcohol co

and finally angela coleman who is on the reentry council and is known as the mayor of the tenderloin and has also made just a wonderful contribution to the reentry council. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you so much. thank you. >> hello. i'm the financial manager at hospitality house. i wanted to thank you guys for -- well, thank you for listening to us. i'm here to show my support for jose bernal. i met him two years ago when he worked at hospitality house. i've always been impressed with his passion for social justice, his policy advocacy skills, and his personal and professional ethics. when geogroup, a billion dollar private prison company attempted to open a new halfway house along the sixth street, mr. bernal raised concerns with geogroup's records of system abuse. his advocacy led to real action to hold geogroup accountable and increased awareness of the apaul conditions in geogroup facilities. he's a voice for the formerly incarcerated, for immigrants and other marginized populations. i support his reappointment to the reentry council, and i encourage you to do the sam

. >> clerk: item 38, motion to appoint jose bernal, angela coleman, victoria westbrook, and theodore tolliver to re-entry council. >> president cohen: same house, same call? without objection, motion is approved. please call the next item. >> clerk: given that it's not quite 2:30 or 3:00 p.m., we'll move to committee reports. item 47 was considered by budget and finance committee at a regular meeting on thursday, september 20, 2018, and forwarded as committee report. 47 was appointed with the same title, to amend administrative code to increase the minimum hourly compensation rate of contractors to $17 per hour and followed thereafter by cost of living increase to increase the minimum compensation rate for employees under contracts with nonprofits and public entities to minimum wage and that contractors pay the minimum rate to employees who perform any work under the contract with the city. >> president cohen: good afternoon. i wanted to talk briefly on item 47. thank you for hearing this item in committee and i want to thank specifically my budget committee women who have served wit