. >>> good morning, my name is emilie harris and i'm the statewide coordinator for californians united for a responsible budget and i want to thank you all for having this hearing. i just wanted to point out, i know we've been -- i've been up here several times over the last few months talking about not wanting to build this new jail and wanted to appreciate that just over a few months we've talked about building a smaller jail to building an even smaller jail to even a possibility of building no jail. and i am here with lots of people in the room and in the overflow room who support no jail and wanted to talk a little bit about the fact that the report that we were discussing today doesn't include any alternatives that are not law enforcement control. so, the diversion projects run by the sheriff and the da, so it doesn't take into account if we were to build mental health programs, drug treatment or affordable housing outside of the criminal justice system. so, i would like to propose that we change the question today. instead of is the jail a cost-effective approach to addressing vi

come back with me to californians see the most vibrant restaurant industry you'll ever see her come to san francisco where you have the highest minimum wage and united and you cannot trip without running into a restaurant. the city industry is thriving. so the argument that raising these wages would kill the industry just isn't true and in fact in un's casey was doing while earning a day's wage earning tips as a bartender in a fine dining restaurant decided he wanted to be in the center of it all, actually work in her nation's capital serve this country serve congress members and senators decided to move to washington d.c. got a job at a restaurant serving congress members senators people from the white house and earning the district of columbia tip minimum wage of $2.77. now when you earn $2.77 an hour you live off of your tips and if you get sick guess what? you still have to go to work to get those tips. there is no way to get tips if you are living off of tips by staying at home sick so you will go to work and you are sick especially because in washington d.c. in 2008 paid sick days legislation was passed but in yet another one of those backdoor