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health premiums for the organization flat if we go to $50 for the organization last if we go to $50 copays per person. that is what these organizations are faced with. meanwhile, the revenue is out there. we'd just have to get it. sustained the safety net. make the corporations pay their fair share, you know? it is not fair for us to shoulder all of it. thank you. commissioner chu: thank you. >> thank you for this opportunity to come in on the impact of flat funding for nonprofit organizations to provide health and social services. although the foundation does not receive city funding, we have seen the impact the flat funding has had on our community partners. over the past four years, let funding and budget cuts have led to cuts in services for the most vulnerable people. flat funding and service cuts have come at a time when other costs, such as the cost of food and fuel has risen. many nonprofit organizations have tried to increase their fund-raising efforts from individuals and foundations. foundations have suffered as a result of the economic downturn. there is more competition for ph

we have increased copays in health insurance. we have cut our pay times. we have moved our programs to lower our rent costs, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera, and these are the kinds of things we are continuously during. we want to be your partners with a respectful dialogue about how we solve this problem. good thank you very much. by jim paulsen. i am the executive director of the san francisco labor council, and we have over 100 different unions in the public and private sector, and we represent workers wastith sciu, and i did not realize the hearing was today until i was reading some of my e-mails and talking to a couple of representatives, but i want to thank you for having this hearing. one thing i did find out is it has been five years since there has been increases in nonprofits. i understand budgetary increases, but it is these nonprofits that are being strained at the seams, so i am asking that there are line items of are going to be putin to rectify what sounds like a breaking point on a lot of nonprofits. goowe have got to take care of e community.

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