legislation for quite sometime now, laura ling and i also want to thank hillary ronan, and i know that carolyn goosen as well. this piece of legislation actually came to us from community and there are a number of organizations that are responsible for helping us draft this piece of legislation. the san francisco human rights commission, the national fair housing alliance, the national housing law project, the ace legal referral panel, the national sen forefor lesbian rights and aids housing alliance. i also know the lgbt center has been involved ~. the hope is with this piece of legislation you're going to see more people become aware of this issue and that this will in turn push companies to not only have policies, but where the policies are discriminatory, that they actually change them. and i also think that this will not only make an impact because san francisco plays an important role in the business plan of these companies, but i believe and i hope that other jurisdictions will follow suit and that other jurisdictions will be asking the same question. so, i want to thank you for your considera

and with my staff i want to thank carolyn goosen who has been working with us on this important document, which is the most important policy document that we can pass as an elected body. and i especially want to thank the members of the community who time and time again come to city hall to work with us every year to make sure that we have a budget that reflects our priorities. so, well done, and i'm happy to be supportive today. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you, president chiu. i'll join the chorus line. i want to thank the members of the budget committee, and particularly chair farrell and supervisors -- supervisor avalos in their leadership in bringing this budget together fairly quickly. there's many choices we have to make and for this budget process, i'm glad we were able to add back and support additional funding for quite a few of the items, such as food security and services for the homeless. however, i was fairly disappointed that there was no funding allocated for early education, when we all know there is a great need to serve thou of low-income families -- children, preschool