president cohen and supervisors, my name is bradley wheatmeyer and i'm speaking to you as an ihss home15 and member of the living wage coalition. together, with about 300 people, we had a rally earlier today, talking about the m.c.o. the minimum compensation ordinance. we need that desperately. we are low-age workers. we are the bottom. people are suffering. we need that passed. we'd like to see that come before the whole board. we thought that perhaps it might be part of the question period that the mayor had, because the mayor in may, asked former mayor ferel about the m.c.o. and says she was the supporter. however, she's offered 50 cents. the m.c.o. means a 1. 1.86. san francisco needs to set an example in the bay area. the other countries in the bay area have moved towards supporting their contracted county workers at a rate above minimum wage. san francisco has not. we are lagging behind. a friend of mine has left the profession because she couldn't get housing and she was commuting from sacramento. it's crazy out there. we need to have a living wage to stave and care for seniors