. >> my name is cecile jacobs.e submitted a letter on may 7 to the board of supervisors with the proposed ordinance. our interest in this issue goes back to 1983/'84. there's been a long role in working with minority in women contractors to ensure contracting equity with the city. as a civil rights organization, we're concerned that the proposed ordinance would lead to plummeting numbers. that was the substance of the letter we issued on may 7, which should be in your packet. my remarks today are really to explain the inherent tension between the labor ordinance and mandates under 14b. the graph at the top, you see a $1 million contract. we chose $1 million because that's the proposed threshold amount. all projects valued at $1 million or more would be covered by project labor agreement. what's being lost in the debate about this is that many people think that micro-l.b.s or l.b.s would not be affected because $1 million is a large project amount the problem is, contracting requirements under 14b require us to hit