he reads -- "my name is brett shamberry, an apprentice for i.b. local 6. when the economy was at its slowest, we apprentices were rotated in and out of work every two months but far better than journeymen out of work for up to two years. i'm a single parent and my son is a patient at cpmc for thyroid disorder. there were times when my insurance ran out because of lack of work. we would have to skip appointments and pay for his medicine out of pocket. my local and i need work not only for ourselves but our families. so with unemployment still around 30% for our local 6 members are struggling. some of them lost their home and we, the middle class, are in danger of falling below the poverty line. cpmc creates hundreds of good paying union jobs, our members are ready to go back to work. we support the current proposal and ask you to finalize this project. thank you. >> good evening, president chiu and members of the board of supervisors and thank you very much for giving me this opportunity to speak tonight. my name is kevin mccormick, the media relations mana